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French public sector workers
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- 1French public sector workers plan nationwide strikes●Teachers, healthcare workers, firefighters, and other public sector organisations plan hundreds of # strikes across # Fr
Teachers, healthcare workers, firefighters and other public sector unions in France are planning hundreds of strikes, with tens of thousands of demonstrators expected to march in Paris. Unions including the CGT and FO are mobilising members for coordinated action on 29 September. The movement highlights growing anger among French public employees over pay and working conditions.
- 2French students protest as public sector workers strike over budget●Students protest and public sector workers strike ahead of French budget
Students across France are holding protests while public sector workers walk out ahead of the government's budget announcement. The strikes and demonstrations are part of mounting opposition to planned austerity measures, with unions and student groups warning the cuts will hit public services and education hardest as the government seeks to rein in its deficit.