Eiffel Tower unplugged by rebel power workers

[Champ]

PARIS (Reuters) - French power workers who cut off the electricity at the Eiffel Tower for a few minutes overnight have continued to wage a commando-style battle against privatisation by restoring supplies to homes with unpaid bills.



Electricite de France, the state-owned utility slated for partial privatisation, said it was planning legal action after workers led by the CGT trade union briefly cut power supplies to shops and homes around the famous Champs Elysee avenue.


CGT union officials said that the protest had cut EDF's overall power output by 6,000 megawatts, or roughly six percent.


An EDF spokeswoman said the output drop was less, at around 3,300 megawatts. "That's the figure we have," she said.

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[leftyandproud]

1. don't make us compete...noooooo!!!

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. A friend in France tells me

that what's happening is that electrical union members are cutting power supplies wherever the Minister of the Interior , a fellow named Sarkosy, goes, to the general amusement of all.