Lamartine or Hélène-Boucher in Paris, Bréquigny in Rennes… In several cities in France, high school students are taking part in the mobilization against the pension reform and have organized blockades of their establishments.
In the early morning of this day of strike on Thursday January 19, in front of the Hélène-Boucher high school in Paris, Marius, 16, explained his determination: “Young people are affected as much as the rest of the population by this reform. » He said to himself “ready to mobilize over time if necessary”.
65% strikers among teachers
In front of the Hélène-Boucher high school in Paris, the police used tear gas before an elected Parisian intervened, recalling the ban on using these gases at close range. The situation quickly calmed down and one of the police officers then offered serum to clean the eyes of the high school students.
In Toulouse, students from the Saint-Sernin high school also organized a blockade before joining the procession of demonstrators.
Pensions: “When the reform was announced, I felt injustice and contempt for the workers”
On the teachers’ side, the Snes-FSU, the first secondary union, announced that 65% of middle and high school teachers were on strike on Thursday.
A statement from the union stresses that the teaching professions “are demanding and exhausting both from a physical and nervous point of view. Extending the working hours of education personnel is in no way progress”.
