Eight unions demand government drop mandatory May 1 work requirement

CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa and other unions demand the government abandon mandatory May 1 work requirements.

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In a joint letter to Sébastien Lecornu, eight major union organizations express anger at this policy.

The government delays responding to this historical demand from French labor movements.

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