Follow-Up: French Education Workers Hold a National Strike Day on November 10, Marching from the Pantheon in Paris
French education workers held a national day of strikes and action on November 10, with teachers, high-school and university students and researchers taking to the streets against Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's austerity plans and 2027 budget. It was the latest action day in a protest wave that has run for several weeks since mid-October.
The action was called by about 15 organisations, including the SNES-FSU teachers' union, CGT Educ'action and several student unions. In Paris the march set off from the Pantheon at 2 p.m. toward Place d'Italie; there were also rallies in Nice, Marseille and Lyon. The Education Ministry said that as of 9:30 a.m., 49 of France's 3,700 high schools were blocked, or 1.3 percent.
The grievances include education funding and job cuts, pay, and the Parcoursup university admissions system. At a social conference at Matignon on November 9, Lecornu offered only a 1.6 percent rise in the minimum wage from December 1, about 1,502 euros net per month, which unions and student representatives dismissed as 'crumbs'; student representatives also walked out of a Parcoursup meeting over far-right participation.
The movement had already seen a general strike on November 5, which unions said drew up to 1.6 million people, and about 146,000 protesters nationwide on November 7 by Interior Ministry figures. Organisers have called further mobilisations for November 14, 17 and 19.
Related: France's Protests Flare Again: 575,000 Take to the Streets as Lecornu Calls Wage Talks
Source: Agence France-Presse
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Photo: 巴黎先贤祠（资料图），11月10日巴黎游行从这里出发。图：Mbzt，CC BY 4.0，经维基共享资源 / The Pantheon in Paris (file photo); the November 10 Paris march set off from here. Photo by Mbzt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
