French teachers, doctors and workers at the Eiffel Tower have walked off the job to join striking train drivers.
They are all angry at government plans to raise the retirement age, and want to preserve the French welfare system.
Commuters and tourists face a 13th straight day of traffic headaches.
Schools are shuttered and students have had key exams canceled.
Hospitals are requisitioning workers to ensure key services as personnel go on strike over cost cuts.
Police have barricaded President Emmanuel Macron’s Elysee Palace ahead of a new protest Tuesday, bracing for potential violence.
Macron says the reform makes pensions more fair, but unions disagree.
(Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
