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French Union Activists March on Sixth Day of Retirement Reform Protests
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1:56Now PlayingCranking up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, thousands of union activists marched through French cities on Tuesday and airport employees and teachers joined nationwide strikes to demand that the government scrap upcoming changes to the country's national retirement system.
Under a sea of red union flags, thousands of activists and workers from across the economy, young and old, gathered at the gold-domed Invalides monument for a march past the Montparnasse neighborhood to southern Paris.
Paris deployed thousands of police and ordered shops and restaurants closed along the march route, after clashing with rioters on the margins of last week's protest.
Demonstrations were also held in other cities, from Marseille on the Mediterranean to Bordeaux, Lyon and Lille.
The number of striking workers was lower on Tuesday than when the strike movement kicked off last Thursday and brought 800,000 people to the streets.
But unions hoped Tuesday's demonstrations send a loud message to the government as it prepares to unveil details of the new retirement plan Wednesday.
Unions fear it will force people to work longer for smaller pensions, even though the government says it won't raise the official retirement age of 62.
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