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News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in transport and distribution around the world.
Spontaneous demonstration by French school children
Students from three Lycees in Nantes (Guist'hau, Vial and Jules Verne) decided to carry out a collective action today.
A meeting was called for 2.30pm outside the former Palais de Justice. Around 1,000 people answered the call, including older students from the university. The action originally decided upon, a blockade of the main crossroads in the town, quickly transformed into a series of spontaneous demonstrations.
1 April: Latest CPE protest news
Updates from the CPE struggle in France, including a motorway blockade in Caen, demonstrations in Paris, new photos and more.
-Photos just in of a road blockade of the 'periph' (periphery in Caen, from Thursday 30th March. The blockade was eventually cleared by CRS riot police using water cannons and tear gas, and is represented here in 70 photos of the events.
New eyewitness accounts
More spontaneous blockades
A round-up of some of yesterday's (31 March) school and office occupations and blockades of roads and railways against the CPE.
Late Friday night up to 10,000 were said to be still be in the streets after a protest at Chiracs announcement that he would promulgate the controversial CPE.
Round up of earlier events
31 March: Summary of today's events
Today's latest developments in the struggle against the new French employment law the CPE.
-Socialist MP François Holland warns Jacques Chirac that in his broadcast tonight, sticking with the CPE would open "a major crisis"
-"the fever mounts" writes Le Parisian after yesterdays day of blockings by high-school pupils, and the constitutional Council Decision to validate the CPE
Sporadic protests and blockades across Brittany this afternoon
A round-up of some of this afternoon's events in Brittany, where like across France, high school and university students have been protesting against the CPE.
Earlier blockades and protests have been reported already.
Teargas used as 400 high school students occupy Lorient station
CPE protests: Blockades across France
Brief reports of the road and rail blockades across the country last Thursday 28 March, and updates on the mushrooming high school occupations as 62% declare solidarity with the anti-CPE movement.
Latest Poll
62% of French 'united', or 'in solidarity' with the anti-CPE movement (LCI poll)
Groups of a hundred in moving blockades, Lille
France protests: Latest developments
A round-up of the latest news of the struggle against the French CPE employment law, including school occupations and road blockades.
French press comment on crisis
Read the BBC's summary of French press analysis.
Boulevard Peripherique blocked this morning
CPE protesters turn towards direct, decentralised action
Round-up of just some of the day's events so far, including media strikes, road blockades and office and university occupations.
Toulouse Office of Emplyoment & Work occupied
Le Figaro is reporting that several dozen high school and university students have occupied the buildings of the Haute-Garonne departements Office of Employment and Work this afternoon in an anti-CPE protest.
Ouest France hit by strike action
Students union to diversify tactics - blockades threatened
Bruno Julliard of students union UNEF is now calling for a 'diversification of methods', including the blockading of the transport system.
"We will probably continue to call for new demonstrations, but indeed, we will also diversify our methods of action, sometimes calling for gatherings, sometimes indeed calling for the blocking of airports, stations..." Le Figaro is reporting him saying.
CPE struggle: Roads blocked in Brittany
Road stoppings by students opposed to the CPE today strongly disrupted access to Rennes, Nantes, Brest and Lannion today.
The three road blockades set up in Rennes were cleared at around 10am, on order of the CRS riot police, which at times used teargas. But the operation took place without confrontations according to the police force.
Thibault Boyer, vice-president of the UNEF to the board of directors of Rennes-II said that "its a symbolic blocking to show our determination against the CPE".
