France's power output drops as workers join strike

PARIS (Reuters) - Power output in France fell by at least 5 gigawatts on Thursday after members of the CGT union at utility EDF joined a rolling nationwide strike against planned government reforms, a union official said.

CGT members at 19 nuclear power plants had voted on Wednesday to join the strike which has already paralysed French businesses and disrupted fuel supplies leading to shortages in some parts of France in the past week.