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France: trade unions have called a general strike for this Thursday

Karlotta BahnsenJune 24, 2010

The budget reforms that many G20 countries are pushing through to help rebalance the global economy are generating a lot of anger on main street. In France, trade unions have called a general strike for this Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest Paris' reforms which include raising the retirement age. We have this report.

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