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| RT France crew caught in tear gas as anti-labor protesters rally in Paris | RT France crew caught in tear gas as anti-labor protesters rally in Paris |
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| Tear gas was deployed against a massive rally in Paris denouncing recently proposed labor reforms. An RT crew got caught in the demonstrations. Protests have recently swept the whole of France, with a Saturday rally in Rennes also taking a violent turn. | Tear gas was deployed against a massive rally in Paris denouncing recently proposed labor reforms. An RT crew got caught in the demonstrations. Protests have recently swept the whole of France, with a Saturday rally in Rennes also taking a violent turn. |
| WATCH LIVE: Trade unions and students rally against labor reforms in Paris | WATCH LIVE: Trade unions and students rally against labor reforms in Paris |
| Hundreds of protesters were seen marching through the streets of Paris, some of them setting off firecrackers. At some point, police fired tear gas and RT France correspondent Kyrill Kotikov-Convenant, who was there live-feeding the event through Periscope, got caught up in the smoke. | |
| The protest in the French capital started on Place de la Nation, the same spot where previous anti-labor rallies took place. A heavy police presence has been reported in the area. | |
| “Still no fear” and “Democracy, where are you?” were written on demonstrators’ banners. | |
| Other banners read “For life without war” and “Stop the [labor reform] project.” | |
| READ MORE: Tear gas, reports of injuries at anti-labor reform protest in Rennes, France (PHOTOS) | |
| From 2,000 to 8,000 people took to the streets of the French capital, AFP reports citing the rally organizers. | |
| Students have been repeatedly rallying against labor law reforms recently proposed by Labor Minister Myriam El Khomri. The French authorities are desperately trying to battle high unemployment in the country, and have suggested cutting overtime pay for work beyond 35 hours. | |
| The proposed reform states that employers would pay only 10 percent of overtime bonus, instead of the current 25 percent.The protest, held under the hashtag #LoiTravail (Labor Law), was partially organized by a Facebook group called ‘Loi travail: non, merci’ (Labor reform: No, thanks). | |
| Similar protests have taken place in the French cities of Dijon, Clermont-Ferrand, Rennes and Marseilles. |