France: Unprecedented attack on a universal symbol of workers' struggles
Amid deafening silence from the French radio and television media, on Thursday 22 January the National Assembly is set to examine a bill supported by the ‘Republican’ Right, supported by Macronist MPs and Le Pen's National Rally, aimed at extending work on 1 May, calling into question the only public holiday, an international symbol of social struggles for dignity and equality for workers.
Beyond its contempt for employees, this bill paves the way for further attacks on the right to leave by proposing wage compensation rather than wage increases.

