[CGT President: French Unions Call for Another Strike on November 17] Golden Finance reports that on November 9th, Sophie Binet, president of the French General Confederation of Labour (CGT), stated that French unions are calling for a new round of strikes and protests nationwide on November 17th to protest the cost of living and public sector wages. The CGT urged all employees, retirees, and young people to seize this day and turn it into another day of large-scale strikes and demonstrations. Binet accused the government of making only "trivial concessions" to the weeks-long protests in France.