France's government moved on Tuesday to calm protests against labor law reform ahead of the monthlong European soccer championship, announcing a pay rise for schoolteachers and pledging to speed up reorganization talks at the SNCF railways.
The Socialist government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls is urging the hard-line CGT union that is leading a rail strike as of Tuesday evening to propose ways out of the confrontation over a labor reform bill that will make hiring and firing easier.
