{"id":10072,"date":"2026-11-10T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/france-erupts-again-nationwide-strikes-student-protests-a-e24-wage-answer\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:55:32","slug":"france-erupts-again-nationwide-strikes-student-protests-a-e24-wage-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/france-erupts-again-nationwide-strikes-student-protests-a-e24-wage-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"France Erupts Again: Nationwide Strikes, Student Protests &amp; a \u20ac24 Wage \u201cAnswer\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfnXPzUvs2c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>France is in its second month of mass protests. What started in September as high school students blockading schools over staff shortages has grown into a nationwide movement over wages, the cost of living and public services.<\/p>\n<p>On November 5, unions say 1.6 million people marched (the government says around 600,000). A third of high schools were shut, transport was disrupted and the Eiffel Tower closed. Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu responded with a 1.6% minimum wage increase \u2014 about \u20ac24 a month. Unions call it &quot;crumbs,&quot; and a new national strike is set for November 17.<\/p>\n<p>In this live stream:<br \/>\n\u2022 How a protest at one high school became a national movement<br \/>\n\u2022 The November 5 general strike: turnout, disruption and clashes<br \/>\n\u2022 The government&#8217;s minimum wage offer and why unions rejected it<br \/>\n\u2022 Students, unions and the return of the yellow vests<br \/>\n\u2022 Budget cuts and austerity: the money behind the anger<br \/>\n\u2022 What happens next: November 17 and Europe-wide protests<\/p>\n<p>Tell us in the chat: Are the protesters&#8217; demands reasonable, or can France not afford them?<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4d Like, subscribe and turn on notifications for more live coverage of world news and geopolitics.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: AP, AFP, Public S\u00e9nat, Ouest-France, LCP, SCMP.<\/p>\n<p>#France #Protests #Strike<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France is in its second month of mass protests. What started in September as high school students blockading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/hqdefault-111.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}