France Labour Protest

Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

In France, Amazon has been locked in a battle with labour unions which say not enough was done to mitigate contagion risk for staff working in close proximity to process a flood of orders amid the nationwide lockdown.

French police said 109 people were in custody on Wednesday after violent May Day protests in Paris, correcting an earlier figure of 209 given by Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.

Dogged by France's stubbornly high unemployment throughout his presidency, Francois Hollande also faced an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks, violent protests over labour reforms and public airing of his tangled private life.

Opponents of France's controversial labour reforms took to the streets Thursday for the 14th time in six months in a last-ditch bid to quash the measures that lost the Socialist government crucial support on the left.

French President Francois Hollande's popularity has recovered slightly from a recent low as street protests against a contested labour reform have abated, a poll showed on Monday.

France's Socialist government made good on a threat to ban a planned union demonstration in the capital, after previous protests against its hotly-contested labour reforms descended into violence.

Protesters in Paris threw projectiles at police officers, who responded with tear gas, amid demonstrations on Tuesday by tens of thousands of people opposed to a contested labor reform.

The Eiffel Tower was closed to the public today as unions went on strike to demand that plans to change France's labour laws be scrapped.

Railway workers in France go on a strike 11 days before quadrennial Euro 2016 over labour dispute, expected to affect around half of national and regional train services

French riot police used tear gas and water cannon to clear stone-hurling youths as unions kicked off a new wave of street protests and strikes on Tuesday over planned labour reforms, but President Francois Hollande refused to back down.

French President Francois Hollande today said he would not withdraw the labour market reforms which have sparked two months of street protests and led to an unsuccessful attempt to bring down the government.

After a month of often violent protests, French legislators are starting to debate a hotly contested labor bill that would make it easier to lay off workers and weaken some union powers.

Clashes broke out on the streets of France today during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.

France is facing a wave of protests today against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security.

Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

In France, Amazon has been locked in a battle with labour unions which say not enough was done to mitigate contagion risk for staff working in close proximity to process a flood of orders amid the nationwide lockdown.

French police said 109 people were in custody on Wednesday after violent May Day protests in Paris, correcting an earlier figure of 209 given by Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.

Dogged by France's stubbornly high unemployment throughout his presidency, Francois Hollande also faced an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks, violent protests over labour reforms and public airing of his tangled private life.

Opponents of France's controversial labour reforms took to the streets Thursday for the 14th time in six months in a last-ditch bid to quash the measures that lost the Socialist government crucial support on the left.

French President Francois Hollande's popularity has recovered slightly from a recent low as street protests against a contested labour reform have abated, a poll showed on Monday.

France's Socialist government made good on a threat to ban a planned union demonstration in the capital, after previous protests against its hotly-contested labour reforms descended into violence.

Protesters in Paris threw projectiles at police officers, who responded with tear gas, amid demonstrations on Tuesday by tens of thousands of people opposed to a contested labor reform.

The Eiffel Tower was closed to the public today as unions went on strike to demand that plans to change France's labour laws be scrapped.

Railway workers in France go on a strike 11 days before quadrennial Euro 2016 over labour dispute, expected to affect around half of national and regional train services

French riot police used tear gas and water cannon to clear stone-hurling youths as unions kicked off a new wave of street protests and strikes on Tuesday over planned labour reforms, but President Francois Hollande refused to back down.

French President Francois Hollande today said he would not withdraw the labour market reforms which have sparked two months of street protests and led to an unsuccessful attempt to bring down the government.

After a month of often violent protests, French legislators are starting to debate a hotly contested labor bill that would make it easier to lay off workers and weaken some union powers.

Clashes broke out on the streets of France today during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.

France is facing a wave of protests today against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security.