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Thousands of people rallied Thursday along the streets of Paris to demand for jobs. The demonstrations take place in the context of an upsurge in redundancy plans that might result in around 200,000 employees losing their jobs. teleSUR

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00:00Thousands of people rallied on Thursday along the streets of Paris to demand for jobs following

00:05a call from the General Confederation of Labour, the Soldiers and the Fédération Syndicale

00:13Unitaire.

00:14The demonstration takes place in the context of an upsurge in redundancy plans that might

00:21result in around 200,000 employees losing their jobs.

00:28The CGT has been alerting us since May about the numerous redundancy plans underway, but

00:32we were not being listened to.

00:34We warned again last September, including the newly appointed Prime Minister, about

00:37180 redundancy plans, and still, there was no response.

00:41Today, the situation has worsened, as according to the CGT's count last week, there were

00:45286 redundancy plans.

00:48We are now over 300.

00:50This represents roughly 200,000 employees in the country who risk losing their jobs,

00:54both directly and indirectly.

00:59Today, this low-intensity privatization and the breakup of freight are being implemented.

01:05It's our responsibility to warn the public, first and foremost because our working conditions

01:09are at stake, and we care deeply about this.

01:11I won't downplay the importance of it, but I also believe the public needs to understand

01:14that what's happening is significant.

01:16The privatization of the SNCF is no small matter, it's not just an epiphenomenon.

France | "200,000 employees in the country risk losing their jobs"

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