FRANCE: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS STRIKE OVER DEMANDS FOR MORE JOBS, PAY RISES AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS

Record ID: 342195

  • Title: FRANCE: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS STRIKE OVER DEMANDS FOR MORE JOBS, PAY RISES AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS
  • Date: 7th February 1995
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 7, 1995) (RTV - AVAILABLE ALL) 1. GV MARCHERS GATHER IN CITY CENTRE. 0.05 2. GVS MARCHERS MOVE OFF THROUGH STREETS. CHANTING AND WAVING BANNERS. (5 SHOTS) 0.26 3. GV DEMONSTRATORS ON BICYCLES. 0.31 4. GV PAN DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING 0.40 5. CUS STUDENT BLOWING WHISTLE, YOUNG STUDENTS (2 SHOTS) 0.47 6. GVS DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING WITH BANNERS (6 SHOTS) 1.07 7. WV DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN FRONT OF BANK. 1.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 22nd February 1995 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA3Q93U1Y72F6A9X5BEUHQURM0N
  • Story Text: Hundreds of thousands of teachers and students went on strike across France on Tuesday (February 7), heralding tougher times for Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's so-far tranquil campaign for this spring's presidential election.

    Unions called the strike to demand more jobs, pay rises and better working conditions. University students joined in to protest against an official report recommending a rise in tuition fees and more autonomy for state universities.

    Protesters marched peacefully in many towns. Thousands marched through central Paris, disrupting traffic already hampered by floods cutting off roads along the river Seine.

    The one-day "kindergarten to university" protests were the first major social unrest since the conservative premier, overwhelming favourite in opinion polls, officially announced his candidacy last month for the April 23-May 7 poll.

    The teachers' United Union Federation (FSU) said more than half of the country's one million state school personnel stopped work and the percentage of strikers in Paris reached 70 percent.


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