People crowd a platform after a commuter train arrived at the Gare du Nord railway station during a nationwide strike by SNCF employees in Paris June 13, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government called on Friday for a rapid end to one of the longest railway strikes in years but labour unions vowed to prolong industrial action that risks disrupting end-of-school exams for hundreds of thousands of students.
A separate strike by baggage handlers at Charles de Gaulle airport north of Paris looked set to compound disruption on Sunday, with Air France predicting delays but no cuts in flights on a day when 150,000 people travel via France's main air hub.
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