A demonstrators kneels though tear gas during a protest in Paris, Tuesday, Oct.10, 2017. Nine public sector unions called for nationwide industrial action to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, which they say would result in deteriorating work conditions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on France's public sector strike and demonstration (all times local):
4:30 p.m.
Police are using tear gas and batons to push back protesters throwing projectiles at a demonstration in Paris over public sector job cuts and salary freezes.
While Tuesday's demonstration was largely peaceful, a small group of protesters skirmished with police at the end of a march to the Place de la Nation in eastern Paris. Several people could be seen with injuries.
A Paris police spokesman said protesters were throwing projectiles at police and businesses, including a bank. The spokesman, who was not authorized to be publicly named, said three people were detained at the beginning of the march for carrying weapons.
Demonstrations were held in cities around France after all the country's leading unions called for public sector strikes and protests against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, which they say would result in deteriorating work conditions.
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10:35 a.m.
A strike by French public sector workers is affecting schools, hospitals and public services and causing disruptions in domestic air traffic.
Nine public sector unions have called for nationwide industrial action Tuesday to protest against what they say is a deterioration in work conditions.
The unions are angry at a plan to tighten rules for sick leave, freeze salaries and decrease the number of public sector employees in the next five years.
Carrier Air France says it expects to run all long-haul flights to and from Paris airports, but to cancel about 25 percent of domestic flights due to a walkout by some traffic controllers.
Railway traffic was expected to be close to normal.
French President Emmanuel Macron's proposed changes to labor laws have prompted street protests in recent weeks.
Riot police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest in Paris, Tuesday, Oct.10, 2017. Police are using tear gas and batons to push back protesters throwing projectiles at a demonstration in Paris over public sector job cuts and salary freezes. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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A demonstrator kicks at a bank window during a protest in Paris, Tuesday, Oct.10, 2017. Nine public sector unions called for nationwide industrial action to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, which they say would result in deteriorating work conditions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Riot police officers detain a demonstrator, left, outside a damaged bank during a protest in Paris, Tuesday, Oct.10, 2017. Nine public sector unions called for nationwide industrial action to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, which they say would result in deteriorating work conditions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Demonstrators take the streets during a march to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. A nationwide strike by French public sector workers on Tuesday was affecting schools, hospitals and public services and causing disruptions in domestic air traffic. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Demonstrators take the streets during a march to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. A nationwide strike by French public sector workers on Tuesday was affecting schools, hospitals and public services and causing disruptions in domestic air traffic. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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A demonstrators holds a placard reading " Badly paid, despised, lacking job security - enough", during a march to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. A nationwide strike by French public sector workers on Tuesday was affecting schools, hospitals and public services and causing disruptions in domestic air traffic. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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