French truck drivers on strike against labour law block the Total oil refinery at La Mede near Fos sur Mer, France September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
PARIS (Reuters) - French trade unionists blocked access on Monday to several fuel depots in protest against an overhaul of employment laws, seeking to test the government's will to reform the economy.
In southern France, protesters' unions set up a road-block in front of Total's La Mede refinery, while in western France fuel depots were blocked near Bordeaux and the coastal city of La Rochelle. Union members also held go-slow operations on highways near Paris and in northern France.
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