One million join employment law marches
04/04/2006 - 19:00:51Police said at least 1 million people – organisers said 3 million – poured into the streets across France today in the latest protests against the government’s new jobs law.
It was the second time in a week that unions and student groups had succeeded in mobilising such numbers.
The largest march, in Paris, drew at least 80,000 people, while 935,000 marched in other parts of the country, police said.
Organisers put the figure in the capital at 700,000 – and 3 million nationwide.
