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October 10, 2017

French Public Employee Unions Strike over Job Cuts, Sick Pay
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In France, all nine unions representing the country's public employees
are on strike today, protesting government plans to lay off 120,000
people and roll back sick leave while cutting take-home pay. The strike
by some 5.4 million workers shuttered public schools in Paris and led
airlines to cancel about a third of all flights across the country.


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