The demand for strike action by three trade unions (the CGT, FSU, and Solidaires) resulted in a much smaller turnout than prior instances in September and October. On Tuesday, three major French unions called for a nationwide day of strikes and demonstrations to protest the government’s austerity policies, wage stagnation, and impending public service cuts.
Despite weeks of preparation, mobilisation remained low, with turnout significantly lower than at previous massive protests this autumn. Demands for pay rises, more social and fiscal justice, and increased investment in public services, particularly hospitals and care homes, were central to Tuesday’s mobilization, according to union leaders.
In a statement issued on November 18, the CGT accused the administration of “running down the clock” as “the right and far right do whatever possible to clear the budget of any measure that may inconvenience the ultra-rich or big business. Axel, a CGT trade union representative at the Goethe Institut in Paris, told Euronews that he attended the protest because he believes the weight is “disproportionately carried by workers
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