On Friday, France is scheduled to host the Euro 2016, a soccer tournament that will run from June 10th until July 10th and will attract millions of fans. Garbage has piled up in the streets of Paris as well as several other major cities as workers continue to strike over labor reforms. The CGT union, which represents many of the striking workers, believes that these reforms will jeopardize the job security of workers. For the eighth day in a row, railway operations were disrupted as a result of the strikes. The railway operator SCNF said that only 10% of its workforce is on strike, a considerably smaller percentage in comparison to last week. In addition to railway strikes, pilots with Air France have planned a four day strike over pay cuts that will begin on June 11th.
See "Rubbish Piles Up in Paris as Pre-Euro Soccer Protests Go On", The New York Times, June 8, 2016