Union Protests Against French Labor Reform Losing Steam

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Thu, 09/21/2017 - 11:27am

PARIS (Reuters) - Far-left trade unionists marched through cities across France on Thursday in a second day of protest against President Emmanuel Macron's overhaul of a labor code long cherished by workers, although their numbers were lower than a week earlier.

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