Eight trade union confederations called a nationwide strike and demonstrations as the global financial crisis deepened. Workers, pensioners, students and members of the public protested over employment, purchasing power, public services and the distribution of the crisis's costs. The action connected workplace demands to a wider challenge to austerity and the priority given to financial institutions. The mobilization took place across metropolitan France, while the concurrent Guadeloupe strike had its own locally rooted demands and colonial context.
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