Eight major trade-union confederations and youth organizations coordinated a nationwide strike and demonstrations against the plan to raise the legal retirement age to 64. More than a million people demonstrated according to the Interior Ministry, while the CGT gave a higher estimate. Workers argued that the reform shifted costs onto people with physically demanding jobs, interrupted careers and lower life expectancy. The coalition's breadth made pensions a central debate about class, gender and unequal working lives.
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What change did protesters oppose on 19 January 2023?
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Unions and youth groups protested the pension reform plan raising the legal age to 64.
Unions and youth movements opposed the planned retirement-age increase to 64.
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They coordinated the first nationwide day of action on 19 January 2023.