PARIS (Reuters) – French trade unions staged an eighth round of street protests across the country on Saturday to show their anger at a rise in the retirement age, even though parliament has already passed the reform. A Belgian railway worker with a flare walks beside French private and public sector workers demonstrating over pension reforms in Lille November 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol) Early government estimates suggested turnout, at 142,000 by early afternoon, was less than a third of participation at the height of the…
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French unions stage last-stand protest on pensions