Unions urge teachers to strike as French school exams go ahead in up to 40C heat

Claims health of staff and children at risk as France struggles to adapt heat-trap school buildings

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Teachers in France are risking their own and students’ health in overheated schools as a severe heatwave sets new record temperatures, education unions said, urging staff to strike over “unacceptable working conditions”.

Several teaching unions on Thursday issued a joint statement denouncing a “blatant lack of preparation” by the government, after teachers have had to work in classrooms where temperatures reached up to 40C.
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