I live in France and was mildly inconvenienced by the "General Strike" yesterday. However I fail to see how a bunch of teachers and post office counter clerks t

I live in France and was mildly inconvenienced by the "General Strike" yesterday. However I fail to see how a bunch of teachers and post office counter clerks taking yet another day off will convince a government facing the worst economic conditions for decades that pay should be increased and that government employment should become an even greater percentage of total employment. I should think the government was only too glad to save a days pay all round - probably looking forward to this becoming a weekly event.