Eurostar Train Workers to Strike
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Dealing another blow to the money-losing English Channel tunnel, French train engineers planned to strike today and stay off the job through a busy holiday weekend, though officials promised 50% service. About 100 engineers running the trains under the channel were planning a walkout from midnight Wednesday to 8 a.m. Monday, in the middle of the four-day Assumption holiday weekend and during France’s traditional vacation month of August. But Eurostar, which operates the trains, promised nine daily round trips between Paris and London and 10 on Friday.
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