1.5million set to strike today over pensions Workers across more than nine different unions are set to strike today over an attack on the local government pension scheme, with the Labour government planning to increase the age workers can retire at.
Anti-CPE Movement: Caen, 28th March 2006 Photos of the March 28th 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Caen, which saw scuffles between police and protesters. Photos from http:/…
Anti-CPE Movement: Bordeaux, 28th March 2006 Photos of the March 28th 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Bordeaux. Photos by Jay Taylor for libcom.org. More from Jay Taylor at www.jayzerz…
Anti-CPE Movement: Paris, 28th March 2006 Photos of the March 28th 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Paris. Photos from MrsBinParis and http://www.flickr.com/photos/cicilie/.
Anti-CPE Movement: Toulouse, 28th March 2006 Photos of the March 28th 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Toulouse. Photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiwalou/.
One in four youth unemployment figure disputed Our interview with economist and European labour trends specialist Florence Lefresne about the CPE.
Occupying school students evicted Early this morning students who had re-occupied the Bugey secondary school in the town of Belley in Ain were evicted by police.
Nearly 1 in 4 high schools now disturbed by CPE protests Around 1,000 high schools are now affected by anti-CPE protests, according to the high school students body FIDL.
In tiny Hennebont, 300 high school students block bridge Breton regional paper Ouest France is reporting the blocking of a bridge in the Morbihan departement by protesting high school students in Brittany.
Afghan sounds - British troops and oil pipelines... It was recently announced that yet more British troops are heading for Afghanistan.
Cars torched in Saint-Denis this morning Amidst an anti-CPE gathering of several hundred pupils in front of the Paul-Eluard high school in Saint Denis, around a hundred pupils have damaged several cars and torched two.
The Battle of Broadway Market A report from Hackney Independent on the recent protests at Broadway Market.
