We noted early that pension protestors in France were gathered outside of BlackRock's Paris headquarters. The protestors have now stormed the building.
Here are the current scenes from Paris:
BREAKING NEWS: BlackRock Paris headquarters is NOW taken by France protestors
BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of January 2022.
The screnario is super chaos 
Happening in France this morning. Railway workers have taken over BlackRock’s headquarters in Paris.
BREAKING: 
$10 trillion asset manager BlackRock Paris headquarters taken over by protestors.
France faces another wave of widespread protests and strikes following an unproductive discussion between the prime minister and labor unions. The failure to reach a compromise on the unpopular pension reform, which extends the working years for individuals, has fueled two-and-a-half months of public discontent.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest on Thursday against Emmanuel Macron's pension reform to raise the minimum age from 62 to 64.
Trade union leaders met the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, on Wednesday, but after just an hour of talks -- they failed to find a comprise. The Guardian provides insight into some of those conversations:
Cyril Chabanier, speaking on behalf of France's eight main unions, said: "We again told the prime minister that the only democratic outcome would be the text's withdrawal. The prime minister replied that she wished to maintain the text, a serious decision."
Sophie Binet, the new leader of the CGT trade union, called for more protests and strikes after the failed talks with the prime minister:
"We have to continue mobilizing until the end, until the government understands there is no way out other than withdrawing this reform," Binet said.
1 comment:
This is kind of funny. Shut small businesses, make people wear a dust mask to go in a building, force the death jab on them and hardly a peep from the sheep. But make the mouse clickers and pencil pushers “work” for two more years and all Hell brakes loose! LOL.
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