5 hours agoFrance before mass unrest: Millions of workers on strike, including police officers
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Millions of workers in France have threatened protests because their country has forced them to retire earlier or face later reduced pensions. School teachers and transport workers will join police, lawyers, hospitals and airport staff in a general protest. The biggest strike [...]
School teachers and transport workers will join police, lawyers, hospitals and airport staff in a general protest.
The biggest national strike for years was warned by unions that are not satisfied with President Emmanuel Macron's plans for a universal pension system based on scores won, writes the BBC, translates Periscope.
French authorities, meanwhile, have tried to make preparations to deal with these riots.
The industrial event is expected to last beyond Saturday with several union leaders who have threatened not to stop until Mr. He wants to give up his plans for the retirement system.
One survey has shown that French opinion support has reached 69 percent, most of whom are 18-34.
The Macron administration will hope not to repeat the country's general strike as in 1995, which had brought the transport system to its knees for three weeks in a row, and received great popular support. /Periscope
