Editorial photo #9033182 Social Issue

Demonstration For Wage Increases And Respect For The Right To Strike

A biker firefighter from the MIR (Motos d'Intervention Rapide) brigade accompanies BRAV-M riot police who deployed after black bloc activists attempted to build a barricade during a protest in Paris, on October 18, 2022, after the CGT and FO unions called for a national strike for a wage increase, and against the government's requisition to force some refinery strikers back to work. In support, unions from other industries and the public sector have called for a strike and denounced soaring energy prices and global inflation on the cost of living. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto)