Trade unions

Lawyers, doctors, nurses, pilots and other independent workers joined protests against pension reform, which has reached parliament, Paris, February 3, 2020

French protesters back on streets as pension reform debate rumbles on

Demonstrating against the proposed pension reforms, Paris, 24 Jan, 2020.

France - Strikes

Protestors return to the streets as pension reform law heads to parliament

Commuters walk on a platform at Gare du Nord railway station after 42 days of strike by all unions of the Paris transport network (RATP) and French SNCF workers, Paris, January 15, 2020.

Unions threaten 'black day' for transport in new pension battle

Interior view of the fruit and vegetable pavilion at Rungis market.

Industrial Relations

French workers cut electricity at world's largest market in pensions protest

Bottles of Coca-Cola are pictured at a branch of Asda in north London, on April 27, 2018.

Coca Cola among global companies that will invest €4 billion in France

France faces its thirty-eight consecutive day of strikes, Paris, 11 January, 2020.

Strikes to continue as French union remains 'determined' to stop pensions reform

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attends a session of questions to the Government at the French National Assembly in Paris on January 7, 2020.

French PM temporarily suspends plans to raise retirement age

Unionists hold a banner as they take part in a demonstration against the pension reform in Nantes on January 11, 2020 on the 38th consecutive day of nationwide multi-sector strikes and protests as France's premier is due to present new proposals today.

Pensions Protests

Unions keep pressure on Macron in new pension protests

Both unions and the government are refusing to budge on several key areas of reform.

Six reasons France is being crippled by strikes

French labour union members and workers on strike attend a demonstration in Paris

FRANCE - strikes

Unions, Yellow Vests stage second united Saturday of pension reform protests

National rail services have been severely disrupted during the transport workers' strike.

Paris enters 25th day of transport disruption

Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leading figures of the "yellow vests" (gilets jaunes) movement shows his eye after he was injured in the eyebrow after he was hit by the shield of an anti-riot policeman on 28 December, 2019.

France - strikes

Numbers down but united: Yellow Vests join unions in pension reform protests

A protester wearing a yellow vest holds a placard reading "Let them come to take me" during the movement's 56th round of protest

France - Strikes

Yellow Vests join forces with unions for fresh day of pension protests

In December 1995, Paris was gripped by a wave of protests against proposed welfare reforms. Today's current protests have invited comparisons with the iconic upheaval of 1995.

French transport strikes roll into 23rd day to surpass 1995 protests

Paris Opera dancers put on public show to protest pensions reform

Demonstration against pension reform in Paris, 12 Decembre 2019.

Main French unions hit the streets for third day of mass protests

A doctor wearing a placard that reads "doctor on strike" attends surgery on September 26, 2016 at a Lyon hospital.

French doctors join nationwide protests, say 'ready to quit' over hospital crisis

Commuters board a regional train at Chatelet-les Halles station during a pensions strike by transport unions.

French PM calls for travel plan to avert Christmas chaos

French CGT labour union leader Philippe Martinez (L) and Laurent Brun (R), head of the CGT's railway section, arrive for a meeting with French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, May 7, 2018.

Transport unions warn of Christmas misery over French pension reforms

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveils the details of a pensions reform plan before the CESE (Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in Paris, France December 11, 2019.

French pension reform

French PM outlines pension reforms 'without brutality', but unions vow to battle on

Public sector workers march in Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform the country's pension system, 10 December 2019.

French unions hold second nationwide marches against pension reform

Commuters clog a platform at Gare Saint-Lazare train station in Paris as a strike continues against French government pension reform plans, 9 December 2019.

French strikes continue at start of crucial week for pension reform

The 5 December national strike bears comparison with the November 1995 shutdown.

FRANCE - STRIKES

French strikes: heading for a repeat of 1995 nationwide shutdown?

A man walks by a closed RER gate during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP employees over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, in Paris, on December 5, 2019 as part of a national strike.

France strikes to continue as government vows not to give in

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