Why construction workers are demanding more

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

01 February 2024

Fuelled by a tight labour market, increased pay for frontline workers during the pandemic and successful bargaining for PPE, workers around the world have been walking out to demand a better deal. Lucy Barnard finds out how construction workers have been taking part. 

Les Immigrés Arrêtent Le Grand Paris (Immigrants Stop Greater Paris) screamed the banner held by a small group of demonstrators at the soon-to-be-completed Olympic badminton venue in northern suburbs of Paris.

In total, several dozen protestors stood in front of the fences surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympic construction site at…

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