Overview

• The nationwide strike, organized by major unions, includes home care workers, educators, and employees of France Travail.
• Protests are taking place in over 100 cities, with a major demonstration in Paris starting at the Ministry of Solidarity and ending at Place Denfert-Rochereau.
• Unions are calling for a general salary increase and the creation of necessary positions to address decades of lost purchasing power.
• Key grievances include funding cuts, stagnant salary negotiations, and deteriorating working conditions in the medico-social sector.
• Union organizers emphasize the importance of unity across the health and social cohesion sectors to push for systemic reforms.