Their goal is to force the government to drop a controversial new pension reform. The current reform, Amar said, would have “catastrophic social consequences” for French workers. Among UNSA's members is one of the country's largest teachers’ unions, and a union representing parts of the RATP transport system (UNSA-RATP). READ ALSO: French teachers to join transport workers in December strikesDoctors, lawyers, pilots and nurses protested the proposed pension reform in September in Paris. Referring to the reform as “monstrous” Popineau said she feared it would push French teachers into poverty.

Source: The Local November 28, 2019 10:12 UTC