Roughly 80% of high-speed trains were out of service in France today as the country’s rail workers carried out their fourth day of strikes that will continue periodically through June. A quarter of trains traveling in and out of France were also affected. On Friday, the workers’ will carry out their next round of walk-outs. The unions’ strike schedule is set to last two to four days per week. The workers are vehemently protesting President Macron’s plans to revoke the rail driver’s special status that allows them to retain their jobs and certain benefits for life. The CEO of France’s national rail authority reported that the strikes have already resulted in a cumulative loss of $123 million since they began last week.
See "France copes with more rail strikes as labor unions dig in", Associated Press, The Washington Post, April 9, 2018