French unions plan new protest against pension law

French trade unions said on Tuesday they would call new mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's bitterly contested pension reform next month, a day after hundreds of thousands turned out against the law.

The 14th day of protests will be held on June 6, the unions said, days before lawmakers debate a bill that would repeal the retirement changes forced through without a vote by Macron's ministers.

Police said almost 800,000 people turned out across France against the pension reform on Monday — the Labor Day holiday — while the hard-left CGT union tallied 2.3 million.