(17 Oct 1996) T/I: 10:23:32
Tens of thousands of French state workers marched in Paris on Thursday (17/10) as part of a strike over wage freezes and job losses. Train engineers, air traffic controllers, postal and utility workers, teachers, medics and other civil service workers were all taking industrial action. Workers are protesting conservative Premier Alain Juppe's austerity programme.
SHOWS:
PARIS, FRANCE 17/10
Protestors marching in street, chanting;
SOT Guy le Neouannic, Secretary General of the FEN (Federation
d'Ensignment National), the teachers union; French SOT: "We hope to alert the government to the fact that we fear what it is trying to do to the public sector, especially education. We don't think the system can survive with the kinds of cuts they have proposed."
Marc Vildenoit of the CFDT; French SOT saying "I have always said it: it
is better to have more bureaucrats in France than in Brussels. We should keep the work here."
Screaming protestors,
people marching,
people coming out,
moving sign held up informing of strike,
commuters leaving platform, ;
Crowd in street,
balloons,
people standing around,
trade union badge UNSA,
man shouting and protesting,
offices crowd looking on from balcony,
man wrestling with woman for banner in street,
cars blowing horns,
more crowds checking out the scene;
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