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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]
The 35-hour workweek is a labour reform policy adopted in France in February 2000, under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government. Promoted by Minister of Labour Martine Aubry, it was adopted in two phases: the Aubry 1 law in June 1998 and the Aubry 2 law in January 2000.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
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 ...
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.
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]
For British travellers in France, the Foreign Office is warning: “Industrial action may start the evening before the strike day and run for several days.” The latest walk-out is due to end at ...
A CGT banner during a 2005 demonstration in Paris. The General Confederation of Labour (French: Confédération Générale du Travail, CGT [a]) is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges.