More mass strikes in France against cutting pensions
14AM [Updated: Tue Sep 17, 2019 02:28AM ]/ Huge demonstrations and strikes were held across France as efforts increase to stop austerity-minded rollbacks to the pension system. President Emmanuel Macron wants to dismantle the current system in favor of a single plan which omits any distinction between manual labor and office work. Furthermore, the retirement age will be effectively raised two years, to 64. The government says that more austerity is the solution to a lost decade of economic growth, but skepticism is widespread. Recent polls ...
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