French unions announced Wednesday a fresh nationwide strike and protest day for October 2 after inconclusive talks with new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, following mass demonstrations last week against new austerity measures and pension reforms.
Frenchunionssaid on Wednesday they will hold another day of action on October 2, calling for strikes and demonstrations, after a meeting with the country's new Prime MinisterSbastien Lecornu.
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Hundreds of thousands of peopletook parton September 18 in anti-austerity protests launched by the unions, calling for the previous government's fiscal plans to be scrapped, as well as for higher taxes on the wealthy and the reversal of a policy that set in place a higher retirement age.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)
Originally published on France24
