PARIS — Families hoping to get away for France's school holidays faced train delays and gas shortages Saturday as strikes against the government's pension reform stretched into a 12th consecutive day.

French workers and students livid about the plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 have wrecked havoc in recent weeks — from shutting down hundreds of high schools to blocking airports and oil refineries nationwide.

The government has been counting on the nearly two-week-long Toussaint fall holiday to deflate the protests, but drivers trying to get away Saturday had to line up in large queues at gas stations first.

Union leaders — who insist the reform hacks away at French workers' hard-earned rights — have scheduled more nationwide strikes and demonstrations for Tuesday and Nov. 6.

In tense balloting Friday, the Senate voted 177-153 for the pension reform bill, which is expected to win final approval next week by both houses of parliament.