Union Solidaires News Today

china. lets start with a big story here in the uk. the home secretary has set out her plans for a crackdown on migrants arriving on small boats from france. the government wants to stop asylum—seekers from crossing the english channel. earlier today, the prime minister visited the port of dover — where he met with staff in a control room monitoring those arriving in vessels via illegal routes. and later on, he spoke from downing street. there is nothing compassionate or fair about ...

“We must, as has been the case for the last two months, continue to build a social balance of forces equal to the popular rejection of Macron's reform. Today, he has his back to the wall, a situation that was unforeseeable a few months ago.”

Workers join protests against President’s Macron attempt to raise retirement age.

The protests are taking place as the french senate resumes its examination of the governments pension reform bill. they will debate the plan this week as the centrist government looks to find a compromise with the conservatives to push the bill through. for more on all this im joined by gaelle martinez, national secretary of the union solidaires. thank you for being with us. talk to me about what youre hoping to achieve with these protests that have brought friends, as we saw, to a standstill in...

Paris charles de gaulle airport. both easyjet and ryanair warned of delays and cancellations due to french air traffic control staff walking out. and many other industries will be hit by the walkouts. heres what one supermarket employee had to say. translation: people are fed up. people are exhausted. people see around them, there are plenty of colleagues who dont even make it to the current legal retirement age. how can we expect them to make it to 64? for us, at 64, for the years to come in ou...

The Paris Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced two former French executives of Deliveroo, the British ready meal delivery platform, to a one-year suspended prison sentence for dissident work.