MCDONALD’S — a force for good, even in France:

In order to counter the strike by its school canteen staff, the management of the Robespierre middle school in Epinay-sur-Seine ordered 160 meals from McDonalds to feed its students taken hostage (nutritionally speaking) by the strikers. The manoeuvre stunned the strikers who were counting on hungry protestations of the students to amplify their demands. One student declared, ‘When can we do that again?’. The strike was called off this Friday.

Some teachers tried to block delivery of the meals. That’ll win friends. The French strikes in general seem to be fizzling, which suggests that good sense may be breaking out.