Six months of protest against the labour law, 2016.
After twelve days of protest between 9 March and 5 July 2016, and deep political divisions, the labour law was finally passed: Prime Minister Manuel Valls used Article 49.3 for the third and last time to force it through the National Assembly. For months, protests and actions followed one another across France.
01The ghost of République, amidst tear gas. Paris, 29 November 2015.
02COP21, Tense protest. Thousands of militants gathered in the Republic Square, some hooded and armed with projectiles. Place of the Republic, Paris, November 29, 2015.
03Young people, trade unionists, FO and CGT. The CRS retaliate Place de la Nation and multiply the strained shots of tear gas grenades. 28 April 2016, Paris.
04Several hundred thousand people marched in Paris. A new milestone was reached in the mobilization against the Labor law. Paris, Invalides, June 14, 2016.
05New Day of protest against the Labor Law. Bastille to Nation. Mobilization remained strong. Paris, 26 May 2016.
06New Day of protest against the Labor Law. Bastille to Nation. Mobilization remained strong. Paris, 26 May 2016.
07Demonstrators are gathered around the National Assembly, while the government, using article 49-3, will pass the El Khomri law without passing by the vote of the National Assembly. On July 5, 2016, in Paris.
08New Day of protest against the Labor Law. Bastille to Nation. Mobilization remained strong. Paris, 26 May 2016.
09New Day of protest against the Labor Law. Bastille to Nation. Mobilization remained strong. Paris, 26 May 2016.
10Young people, trade unionists, FO and CGT. The CRS retaliate Place de la Nation and multiply the strained shots of tear gas grenades. 28 April 2016, Paris.
11The procession is regularly kettled. 28 June 2016, Paris.
12New Day of protest against the Labor Law. Bastille to Nation. Mobilization remained strong. Paris, 26 May 2016.
13Young people, trade unionists, FO and CGT. The CRS retaliate Place de la Nation and multiply the strained shots of tear gas grenades. 28 April 2016, Paris.
14Young people, trade unionists, FO and CGT. The CRS retaliate Place de la Nation and multiply the strained shots of tear gas grenades. 28 April 2016, Paris.
15Some tensions within the cortege. The demonstrators resist the kettle imposed by the forces of order. 28 June 2016, Paris.
16Some tensions within the cortege. The demonstrators resist the kettle imposed by the forces of order. 28 June 2016, Paris.
17Between 14,000 and 55,000 people marched in Paris. 28 June 2016, Paris.
18Demonstrators are gathered around the National Assembly, while the government, using article 49-3, will pass the El Khomri law without passing by the vote of the National Assembly. On July 5, 2016, in Paris.
19The demonstration may resume. 28 June 2016, Paris.
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