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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday, November 9, he was bringing forward a planned hike in the minimum wage to December from January, as he sought to defuse a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France's worst civil unrest in years. Unions swiftly dismissed the offer as "crumbs".
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday, November 9, he was bringing forward a planned hike in the minimum wage to December from January, as he sought to defuse a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France's worst civil unrest in years. Unions swiftly dismissed the offer as "crumbs".
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he was bringing forward a planned 1.6 percent hike in the minimum wage to December from January, as he sought to defuse a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France's worst civil unrest in years. It comes as Lecornu meets labour groups on Monday in a bid to find solutions to the cost-of-living crisis. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson has more.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday that a planned 1.6% increase in the minimum wage would be brought forward from January to December after holding talks with trade unions and business leaders over the cost-of-living crisis that has fuelled weeks of unrest across France. The increase fell well short of the demands of unions, which have called for fresh protests in the coming days.
