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PARIS — French school principals are appealing for protection after several school administrators have been injured by youth protesting against labor reforms. PARIS — French school principals are appealing for protection after several school administrators were injured by young people protesting against labor reforms.
High school and college students are playing a prominent role in weeks of protests over a bill to relax the work week and make layoffs easier. A march through Paris also turned violent Thursday, with riot police using tear gas to disperse masked demonstrators throwing rocks and glass bottles near the Stalingrad metro station. Police wielding batons also charged protesters who entered the Gare du Nord train station, a hub used for Eurostar trains to London and other international routes.
The SNPDEN school administrators’ union said the latest violence hit Voltaire High School in Paris on Thursday, leaving two deputy principals lightly injured after being punched and hit by gravel. High school and college students are playing a prominent role in weeks of protests over a bill to relax the work week and make layoffs easier. Most of the demonstrators are peaceful, and many students are more worried about upcoming exams than labor reform, but a few hardcore protesters have blocked entrances to schools and resorted to violence.
SNPDEN deputy chief Michel Richard said one school’s principal suffered three fractured ribs when a protester jumped on her, another was punched in the face and a third was bruised by garbage cans piled on by protesters. The SNPDEN school administrators’ union said two deputy principals were lightly injured after being punched and hit by gravel at Voltaire High School in Paris on Thursday.
He says “we ask the state to intervene as fast as possible.” SNPDEN deputy chief Michel Richard said that as the protest movement has gained steam in recent weeks, one school’s principal suffered three fractured ribs when a protester jumped on her, another was punched in the face and a third was bruised by garbage cans piled on by protesters.
“We ask the state to intervene as fast as possible,” he told The Associated Press.
Trade unions were expected to join students on Thursday afternoon for a larger protest against the draft labor bill. The government argues it will boost hiring and reduce chronically high youth unemployment, but opponents say it cripples hard-won worker protections.
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