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French government labor reforms spark massive strikes

Thursday, 31 March 2016 6:15 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 31 March 2016 6:15 PM ]

Protesters hold flags of a French labor union during a demonstration against labor law reforms in the French capital Paris on March 31, 2016. (AFP photo)

Anustup Roy
Press TV, Paris

French workers are on a national protest march over labor law reforms. Transport system, schools, postal services, and tourism have been badly hit. Unions are complaining that the reforms will severely affect workers’ rights. But the government insists it’s a bitter pill that the country has to swallow to save the economy.

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