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Paris airport workers may strike
Workers at Charles de Gaulle-Roissy airport in Paris may strike after over 70 Muslim workers were stripped of security badges.
Security clearance was removed due to suspected links with Islamic extremist and other fundamentalist groups, and seven of the workers were in court on Wednesday, having demanded to see the evidence against them from the French Government, which has refused to detail any of the evidence against the workers stripped of clearance since it might compromise security sources.
1895-1921: The CGT, France
A history of the anarchist origins of the largest trade union in France and the development and decline of revolutionary ideas and practice within it.
Revolutionary Syndicalism in the French CGT
CPE scrapped
A more detailed look at the withdrawal of the new French employment law CPE with latest updates.
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Our Montpellier correspondent reacts to the withdrawal and summarises events there this past week.
Unions call for another day of strikes and protests
The main trade unions, along with the high school and student bodies, have decided to call for a new day of strikes and demonstrations for next Tuesday 4 April.
The call was back by unions CGT, FO, CFDT, CFTC and CFE-CGC.
Lang: Villepin like child who refuses to let go of favourite toy
Roundup of news of the movement against the new CPE employment law in France from Sunday March 26.
-Hundreds of student delegates met in Aix-en-Provence in South-Eastern France to coordinate their actions and plan ahead this weekend.
Villepin-unions meeting achieves little
Domenique de Villepin met representatives of the five major trade-union confederations today at his official residence, the Matignon.
The union federations represented were the CGT, CFDT, FO, CFTC and Cfe-cgc.
Strike of 28th March: Update
On Monday evening, along with the mainstream English language media, we incorrectly reported that unions had announced a General Strike for the 28th of March.
This was wrong, in fact the unions had who met on Monday had only called for strike action to take place on the 28th of March. In the days since, individual unions (specific to their sector) have since been announcing their intentions with regard strike action on the 28th. This is a list of those union sector/ branches who will strike next Tuesday:
Unions set to announce next step Monday, 5pm
Unions are meeting Monday at 5pm local time to decide whether to call for a general strike.
Unions represented will include the powerful CGT General Labour Confederation), the FO, CFDT, Solidaires, the students union UNEF, and the UNL. They will meet in the late afternoon at the Rue des Ecluses, Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement (district) of Paris.
CGT union says 1.5 million demonstrate against CPE
Le Figaro is now reporting the CGT trade union as counting 1.5 million demonstrating across France.
In Bordeaux, Le Monde say that between 20,000-55,000 protested, while in Paris the CGT has given an early estimate of 350,000.
General Strike in France next week?
We've had reports that a general strike against the CPE employment law is being organised for next week.
The Herald News Daily reported:
