00:00French authorities are calling it a horizontal movement, or one without a leader.
00:04Officials say that means September 10th Bloquant 2, or Let's Block Everything call, is all the harder to anticipate.
00:11France's interior minister says they're deploying 80,000 police officers and gendarmes and won't tolerate any violence or illegal blockades.
00:20With online rallying cries to impede access to roads, refineries, train stations, as well as other symbolic places across the nation.
00:27And actions like abstaining from using bank cards, the protests are expected to be far from a classic day of strikes.
00:36Peaceful protests are being planned. Some labor unions have been holding general assemblies for organized action.
00:42But most unions have decided to wait for a joint protest on September 18th.
00:47But for many who support the Let's Block Everything call, they say political leaders need to start listening now.
00:53It's exaggerating to say we'll break everything, but we will block things so that the political system reacts.
00:59Some salaries are 10 times higher than the little workers earning 1,500 euros a month.
01:03Enough is enough. We have to share for there to be a public service, for social justice, for the climate, with people who are going hungry.
01:10I think this is the moment, and I feel like something different is happening.
01:13While so-called surprise acts are expected, many sectors have been planning and preparing.
01:17The French aviation body said it's asked airlines to cut down by 50% flights leaving from Nice and the Corsican airports.
01:25As for rail travel, the SNCF warned passengers to expect disruptions, particularly on intercity lines.
01:33And in the Paris region, the RATP said subway and bus lines are expected to run normally.
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