40 years ago, a nightmarish weekend in the ski resorts of France. A strike by truck drivers has caused a historic traffic jam.
“Monster mess” and “fatal accidents, multiple fights’ were the words of Le Figaro on February 20, 1984. The strike started the previous Monday from Italian and French customs officers posted on the Mont-Blanc tunnel. They launched a work-to-rule strike that day to protest against their working conditions.. After Bordeaux, 400,000 people marched in Rennes in favor of free schools.