Teachers protest planned job cuts at Paris march

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Source: Associated Press

Published: May 18, 2008

PARIS: Tens of thousands of teachers marched through Paris on Sunday to protest planned job cuts, the latest outcry against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plethora of reforms.

Police put the number of protesters at 20,000 while union organizers said that it was some 45,000 ...

The reforms are proving a headache for the increasingly unpopular Sarkozy. Civil servants protested last week. Teachers plan more action next weekend. In between is a Thursday march to protest retirement reforms, requiring a one-year increase on the job — to 41 years — to receive full benefits ...




Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/18/europe/EU-GEN-France-Teachers-Protest.php

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Students march in Paris against education cuts

PARIS (AFP) — ... "Enough of these fools, who shut factories and shut schools!" chanted the demonstrators, who numbered around 20,000 according to police and 35,000 according to unions ... Sunday's rally came three days after a major strike in which hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants walked off the job in protest, and ahead of a fresh public sector strike on Thursday ... http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jnPSmexqUFuLUUmhGUTDKDzMBmZg


Massive high school mobilisations against government attacks
17 May 2008

... The first to mobilise were the teachers. On March 18, thousands of teachers went on strike. There were around 2000 on the Paris demonstration, accompanied by 3000 high school students who gave the first sign that a mass youth movement was rising again ... The movement has spread like wildfire. First in Paris, where hundreds of high schools went on strike spontaneously. it is not only high schools, middle schools (involving 11-15-year-olds) have also blocked lessons and have massively mobilised for demonstrations. Up to 50,000 people in Paris have demonstrated twice a week. In Toulouse, Lyon and Grenoble, the mobilisations have also achieved a historically unprecedented scope. On 22 April, 15,000 students demonstrated in Tours, 2500 in Toulon, 500 in Lille and 3000 in Strasbourg ...

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/751/38826

[marmar]

1. Les gens de France DO NOT TAKE BS from their government....

..... They hit the streets!