Undocumented workers launch coordinated workplace strikes

Following weeks of student occupations, strikes and mass demonstrations, the government announced that the CPE would be replaced. The campaign showed how a coalition of young people, unions and school...

Police forcibly evicted hundreds of people, many undocumented migrants and families, from the Cachan housing occupation. Local residents, municipal workers, associations and public figures organized...

The Enfants de Don Quichotte collective set up tents beside the Canal Saint-Martin to make homelessness visible and press for stable housing. The camp invited people with secure housing to encounter...

Droit au logement, Jeudi Noir and MACAQ occupied an empty building at 24 rue de la Banque and named it the “Ministry of the Housing Crisis.” The action used the contrast between vacant property and...

Families supported by Droit au logement set up a tent camp on rue de la Banque to demand rehousing and oppose the end of the winter eviction truce. The action followed the earlier occupation of an...

An inter-union call brought several hundred workers into the streets, with maloya accompanying the march to the prefecture. Organizers opposed changes to working time and demanded decent retirement...

A broad collective known as Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LKP) launched a general strike in Guadeloupe, challenging high prices, low wages, unemployment and the concentration of economic power. The...

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...

The Collectif des organisations syndicales, politiques et associatives de La Réunion (COSPAR) was launched by unions, political groups and associations. Its platform linked wages, prices, student...

COSPAR, a coalition of unions, political groups and associations, organized marches in Saint-Denis and Saint-Pierre. Organizers linked high living costs to low wages, unemployment and housing; they...