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.
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.
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.
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.
CGT - “withdrawl of CPE non-negotiable” Bernard Thibault, general secretary of the CGT union - the biggest in France - has said that the withdrawl of the CPE is not negiotiable.
