PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Public transport, schools and refinery supplies were disrupted on Tuesday in France as trade unions led a third wave of nationwide strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to make the French work longer before retirement.
Tuesday’s multi-sector walkouts and street protests come a day after pension reform legislation began its bumpy passage through parliament, and are a test of Macron’s ability to enact change without a working majority in the National Assembly.
“We’re worn out by work,” pensioner Bernard Chevalier said at a protest in the Riviera city of Nice, adding he would keep protesting until the government dropped its plan to raise the retirement age.Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt dismissed opposition accusations that the government was in denial over the scale of street protests across the country last month, and said change was needed.
Unions and leftwing opponents say the money can be found elsewhere, notably from the wealthy, and that workers need protecting.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Third wave of strikes over pension reform keeps pressure on MacronThird wave of strikes over pension reform keeps pressure on Macron: Trade unions launched a third wave of nationwide strikes on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to make the French work longer before retirement, as the legislation started…
Read more »
Emmanuel Macron prods French firms to hire more people in their 50s and 60sExpanding the labour pool is an issue of great economic significance, potentially even more so than the estimated €17.7bn it is hoped the reform will unlock
Read more »
Ivory trade: Vietnam seizes 600 kg of ivory smuggled from AfricaHANOI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday.
Read more »
Newsdeck: Turkey earthquake of magnitude 7.9 shakes central region, SyriaDIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck southern Turkey early on Monday and was felt in Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria, collapsing buildings and sending residents into the snowy streets, witnesses and broadcasters said.
Read more »
Newsdeck: One peacekeeper killed in Congo after U.N. chopper comes under fireGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Feb 5 (Reuters) - One U.N. peacekeeper was killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire while in mid-air, the U.N. mission called MONUSCO said.
Read more »
SPYING SAGA: US fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with missileSURFSIDE BEACH, S.C., Feb 4 (Reuters) - A US military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, a week after it first entered U.S. airspace and triggered a dramatic - and public - spying saga that worsened Sino-US relations.
Read more »