French unions hit streets in usual spring strike rite

By STACY MEICHTRY PARIS -- Thousands of students, teachers and other state-employed workers poured into the streets Thursday in what has become an annual rite of spring in France: strikes.French workers strike in protest of job cuts The Associated PressFrance Strikers Challenge Sarkozy’s Plan to Cut Jobs New York TimesInternational Herald Tribune - Washington Post - Reuters - Aljazeera.net