More than a million angry French workers took to the streets Thursday in a nationwide strike to force President Nicholas Sarkozy to boost wages and protect jobs as the economic crisis deepens.
"Sarkozy has to take from the billionaires and give a bit back to the poor," said teacher Jean-Baptiste Voltuain, echoing mounting calls for the right-wing government to boost social spending by hiking taxes on the rich.
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