Sebastien Lecornu

Rule Changes

Announced the minimum wage increase after talks with unions and employers

France will raise its minimum wage by 1.6% on December 1, moving up a planned January increase after more than six weeks of student-led protests over the cost of living.

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Force in Play

Met student organizations on Nov. 9 and opened a Parcoursup working group; public-sector unions are due to meet him on Nov. 13 after being excluded from wage talks.

France's school protest movement widened into a national labor dispute in early November. A Nov. 5 general strike drew more than 600,000 marchers, the AP reported; the CGT claimed nearly 1.6 million, and the Interior Ministry counted 146,000 at Nov. 7 protests.

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