Dunno if anyone can give a lesson to the French about going on strike, if there's one thing this country's good at (besides cooking) it has to be going on strike.
Right now I'm not sure which strike it is cuz there's a different one everyday but I talked to my mom a couple of days ago and there was only 1 of 5 subways in Paris because of the new retirement law (the president is trying to make bus/train drivers work until 60 years old like everyone else... what a crazy idea, isn't it?)
Then I know that the Air France pilotes were on strike recently because they want to get paid more although they are already in the top tier of the airline industry and have more vacation than pilotes on other airlines...
I gave up on this country a while ago, it's fun to go on vacation but don't ever even think about living there.