Unions resolute after French commuters hit by further rail worker strikes

About four in five high-speed trains were not running, with further walkouts scheduled for later in the week.

French railway workers demonstrate in Paris (Thibault Camus/AP/PA)

By Associated Press Reporter

Commuters coped with another day of disrupted train services in France as unions insisted on Monday they would not back down from a series of strikes that is expected to continue later in the week.

Some 80% of French high-speed trains were out of operation as rail workers entered their fourth day of what the unions promised would be periodic rolling strikes until June. About a quarter of international trains to and from France also were affected.