To compensate for their low salary, French teachers’ pensions are based on their earnings the last six months of before they retire. French Teachers protest what they say are deteriorating work-conditions, outside of Paris in October. Not even if the government caves on their promise to scrap the 'special regimes' and let rail workers keep their existing benefits. EXPLAINED: What are special regimes and why are the French striking about them? Unions expect the government to try and turn the public opinion against them by pinning the strikers as selfishly defending luxurious 'special regimes'.

Source: The Local December 10, 2019 09:22 UTC