Several thousand masked people demonstrated in Paris on Thursday to protest the layoffs.
"There is a lot of anger, and at the same time the climate is anxiety-provoking", declared the leader of the CGT, Philippe Martinez at the start of the procession.
"Health issues weigh heavily, I am thinking for example of the situation in schools, where day after day there are classes that close, and parents who are waiting (...), there is all the pressure on 'employment, with long-term unemployment which is also increasingly conditional on competitiveness agreements, ”he added.
The organizers have obtained the green light from the Paris prefecture, even if the ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people remains in force to prevent the spread of the virus.