france pension reforms
Daily Round-up | Protests against pension reforms intensify in France & other stories

In today’s episode, we bring you stories of protests against pension reforms in France and Uruguay, US airstrikes in Syria and condemnation of the arrest of a scribe and activist in Kashmir

Million voices challenge Macron’s French pension reforms

The workers were on the streets against French president Emmanuel Macron’s regressive pension reforms.

1.5 million French workers take to the streets against Macron’s pension reforms

Demonstrations were held in around 250 places across the country against French president Emmanuel Macro’s pension reforms that seek to replace 42 systems with one scheme that will extend the working age

Firefighters in France protest pension reforms

In an innovative form of protest, they took over the Place de la Republique in Paris and set up camps that will be stationed there for a week, beginning on December 2.