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Relief to Paris commuters as transport strike eases

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/21/2020 11:00:47 AM

Paris, Jan 20 Paris commuters who were careworn after six weeks of misery-inducing transport strikes found their smiles again Monday as some subway workers ended their walkouts against a contested overhaul of France’s pension system. A weekend announcement by the subway wing of the UNSA union of a return to work after 46 consecutive days of strikes produced a marked improvement in services as the French capital embarked on a new week Monday. “It was very fluid,” said traveler Eric Lebrun, after taking a train and then riding the metro during the morning rush hour. Lebrun travels weekly to Paris from Switzerland, where he lives.