Between 100,000 and 300,000 people demonstrated across France to demand a rise in wages, in a highly inflationary context. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on 18 October for the day of interprofessional "mobilization and strike" for a rise in wages and against the requisitions of strikers in refineries. In total, 107,000 people demonstrated according to the Government, "nearly 300,000" according to union CGT. The demonstration was organized by the unions CGT, FO, Solidaires, the FSU and the youth organizations Fidl, MNL, Unef and High School Life.
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