all come storming into power last year on the back of promises to modernize france s flagging economy but now with the railways facing months of industrial action with trash collectors civil servants and even students joining in mccrone must prove that they can stand up to the powerful unions who run much of the country s public services our reporter met with one of the train drivers on strike in paris at the gaggle yawn who says he has no intention of backing down. in fighting spirit train driver if the gear and his colleagues have assembled outside the station on a normal work day he transports thousands of passengers to and from paris and its suburbs today his train is parked at the godly on a good year and his coworkers want to stop president mccall s plans to reform the state owned railway with their strike they re voicing their opposition loud and clear who owns their station. the responses we own this station. the rail workers union is well organized members appear rea