A portion of a sentence annoucing service disruption on a scrolling sign (above) reads "mouvement social" (roughly translates as "group protest") at the Montparnasse train station in Paris, France, on 14 November 2007, strike day for many employees of the SNCF, the national French railway operator. A widespread strike paralysed much of the country's public transit system as workers from certain sectors protested the reform of their favored retirement plans.