French workers fighting Macron for their rights

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Rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others join a nationwide day of protests and strikes Thursday to denounce French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension system

From daily The Morning Star in Britain:

Thursday, January 9, 2020
Teachers, nurses and public-sector workers join pension strikes across France
President Emmanuel Macron’s political crisis continues to deepen
TEACHERS, nurses and other public-sector workers joined pension strikes in France today as President Emmanuel Macron’s political crisis continues to deepen.
Despite the government claiming earlier this week that “a compromise has never looked closer”, the industrial action shows no sign of ending soon.
Leader of the moderate

originally Roman Catholic

CFDT union Laurent Berger contradicted the statement, saying on Wednesday night: “We are far from a deal.”
Talks are set to resume again on Friday as Mr Macron seeks “a quick compromise” to bring an end to the longest strike in French history.
Workers are angered over Mr Macron’s plan to merge France’s 42 pension schemes into one single pot.
Unions warn that it would see…

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