France’s most influential unions have called for another day of action on Feb 16. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - French labour unions threatened to bring the nation to “a halt” in March as the number of protesters againstIn the fourth day of action against the pension overhaul, which includes increasing the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62, 963,000 people joined street demonstrations around France, according to government figures.
While protest drew the largest turnout in Paris so far, with 93,000 people, there was little disruption to services, with most trains and public transportation functioning normally across the country. France’s most influential unions have called for another day of action on Feb 16, when the age measures of the reform are due to be debated at the National Assembly.
“We can do it,” Mr Laurent Berger, head of the CFDT union, told reporters on Saturday, citing full consensus between labour organisations on the need to step up pressure against Mr Macron.
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