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Numbers of demonstrators vary. The Interior Ministry said up to 1.08m took part in protests across France, with 119,000 in Paris; the latter is the highest number to have protested in Paris since the strikes and protests related to the reforms began in January. The CGT union, meanwhile, claimed 3.5m nationwide, and 800,000 in Paris. [138]
The main rally organized by the CGT took place on 4 February 2021 in Paris and other cities across France. Participants came from across all social classes and industries. [7] [1] [not specific enough to verify] In Paris, protests by higher education unions, activists, and teachers saw minor incidents between police and protesters. [8]
2024 Audi Mexico strike. [2] [3]2024 Brazilian environmental workers strikes. [4] [5]2024 general strike against Javier Milei; 2024 New York Daily News strike, one day strike in protest of staffing cuts, the first strike by New York Daily News journalists since the 1990–1991 New York Daily News strike.
Striking subway workers shut down half of the Paris Metro lines Thursday, a nationwide day of walkouts and protests by French train drivers, teachers and other public-sector workers demanding the ...
2023 Cape Town taxi strike;; 2023 Irn-Bru strike; [29] [30]; 2023 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital strike; [31] [32]; 2023 Sogo & Seibu strike - strike at the flagship Seibu Department Store in Tokyo in protest over the store's sale to the American Fortress Investment Group, representing the first strike at a major department store in Japan in over 60 years; [33]
2014: 2014 Sarcelles riots, a pro-Palestinian protest against the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza degenerated into an antisemitic riot in Sarcelles, France. 2016: 2016 French taxi driver strike, a strike by taxi drivers in several major cities against Uber, included many road blockades, fires, overturned vehicles, and the blockade of roads ...
Thousands of people across France came to the streets in October 2022, launching a statewide strike against the rise in the cost of living. The demonstrations erupted following weeks of "walkouts" that have crippled oil refineries and caused gasoline shortages. [1]
The second day of strikes saw the cancellation of as many as 50% of flights at airports in Paris and other cities. [17] Half the country's long-distance trains were cancelled. [18] A prolonged strike by garbage collectors led to a build-up of trash around the port of Marseille. [6] The strike has lasted for at least three weeks. [19]