Strike to severely disrupt transport, hospital and education services

A mass one-day strike by public and private sector workers in France is set to severely disrupt transport, hospital and education services. Hundreds of thousands of workers are expected to take to the streets to demand more government action to protect their jobs and wages. Three-quarters of French people and all the main trade unions are backing what the press are calling "Black Thursday". Air France flights will be cancelled and train services will be disrupted. The protesters are demonstrating against the worsening economic climate in France and at what they believe to be the government's poor handling of the crisis.