French police clashed with protestors in Paris as activists demanded better wages and employment conditions for teachers
Footage circulating on social media showed clashes between demonstrating teachers, students, and riot police in Paris early Thursday, amid a week of protest action urging the French government to answer a series of demands from school staff about their pay and conditions.
#Blocus devant le lycée Brassens à Paris. La police procède à des interpellations.#Lyceens #Greve27janvier pic.twitter.com/zwMH3x9spL
— Amar Taoualit (@TaoualitAmar) January 27, 2022
Education sector staff in France are seeking to secure an improvement in recruitment, working conditions, and wages, urging Emmanuel Macron’s government to end “its policy of degradation of the public service.”
Police began making arrests at the protests outside some Parisian schools on Thursday morning, sparking a confrontation with activists in which a number of students were apparently dragged to the ground and detained by authorities as law enforcement sought to break up the blockades.
#Blocus du lycée Brassens ce matin à #Paris. Les forces de l'ordre interviennent.#Lyceens pic.twitter.com/GVXMPZctdV
— Amar Taoualit (@TaoualitAmar) January 27, 2022