French railwaymen stage strike
NZPA-Reuter London Three West European countries were in the grip of strikes yesterday which disrupted rail travel in France, the car industry in West Germany, and coal production in Britain. Britain’s striking miners and the State-owned Coal Board were planning fresh talks amid signs of compromise in their 11-week dispute as investors began to worry that the strike could affect economic recovery. West Germany's metalworkers' union, LG. Metall, continued talks with employers over its demand for
a 35-hour week. A quarter-of-a-million people are striking, laid off or locked out in the two-week dispute which has paralysed ' the country's car industry. Hundreds of thousands of French travellers faced more delays on the second day of a 48-hour rail strike, but officials said that more trains were expected to run than yesterday, when onlv one-in-four trains ran from mainline stations in Paris The State-run S.N'.C.F rail network said that 30 per cent of its workers had taken part m the strike, called to back demands for more pay and changes in work schedules.
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