Pensions
Garbage piles up in Paris streets as Macron prepares to trash workers’ retirement
March 16, 2023French Communist Party General Secretary Fabien Roussel calls the government’s plans “a theft of life.”
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French Senate defies two million protesters, approves raising retirement age
March 13, 2023Deeply unpopular pension reforms are the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term in office.
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Striking workers bring France to standstill to protest rise in retirement age
March 8, 2023Unions are planning rolling strikes and have already halted all transport in the country.
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French workers walk out as Macron government raises retirement age and cuts pensions
January 31, 2023PM insists pensions plan is “no longer negotiable” as unions prepare for mass demonstrations in the streets.
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White House ceremony highlights dollars for troubled multi-employer pensions
December 9, 2022A section of Biden’s American Rescue Act has become a lifesaver for more than 200 endangered multi-employer pension plans involving 3 million workers.
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