French commuters will be hit today by the first of a series of two-day rail strikes.
The three-month series of rail strikes at SNCF are part of a wave of planned walkouts that will affect everything from waste collection to electricity supply.
The strikes are expected to be the biggest test yet of President Emmanuel Macron's ability to push through wide-ranging labour and economic reforms.
Nearly half of unionised rail staff have indicated they will join today's strike and only one in eight high-speed trains are expected to run.
Separately, unions at Air France are taking industrial action today in a dispute over pay.
The flag carrier's unions have also called for action this Saturday.
They plan further walkouts on 10 and 11 April over demands for a 6% wage increase that management has rejected.
The airline says today's strike is expected to ground 30% of its long-haul flights out of Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport.
About 67% of its medium-haul flights will operate and 85% of short-haul ones.
Air France has said around a third of its pilots, 20% of cabin crew and 15% of ground staff are expected to join the strike.
