May Day marches call for labor solidarity amid a divided union front

Rail unions began a schedule of rolling strikes opposing changes to the state railway company, including ending special employment terms for new hires and opening services to competition. The...

The Paris March of Solidarities brought migrant-rights groups, sans-papiers and allies into the streets against the government’s asylum and immigration bill. A Commons-archived video by the...

After the government abandoned plans for a new airport, police began clearing occupied areas at Notre-Dame-des-Landes. The ZAD had grown from opposition to the airport into a broad experiment in...

The collective “Zéro personne à la rue” requisitioned an unoccupied house in Brest and opened it as a home for unaccompanied young exiles. Basta! reported the action while the national asylum bill was...

A march organized by the Auberge des migrants began at the French-Italian border town of Vintimille and headed toward London, following routes taken by people seeking to cross borders. Basta! later...

Workers marched from the Petit Marché to the prefecture in Saint-Denis during a public-sector strike. Témoignages highlighted strong participation by CHU staff opposing job cuts and threats to pay....

Auto-entrepreneur Priscillia Ludosky launched an online petition in May 2018 calling for lower fuel prices and taxes. It gathered more than a million signatures and gave a public voice to drivers...

Opponents gather in Bar-le-Duc to challenge radioactive waste burial and state support for the project. The march carries the dispute from the occupied forest and village sites into the prefectural...

Nearly thirty sans-papiers who had joined the March of Migrants were detained by border police near Calais and taken to the Coquelles detention center. Reporterre reported that supporters gathered...

A citizen call launched online after environment minister Nicolas Hulot resigned brought people into climate marches in Paris and cities across France. The demonstrations demanded a faster response to...