dred people braved appalling weather to support this march organised by Agir Ensemble Contre le Chomage! (AC! - Act Together Against Carmaux had never seen so many TV, radio or press journalists. Nanie, an unemployed member of the Albi AC! Collective, who is marching all the way to Paris, suddenly found herself thrust into stardom. The media scrambled for interviews and photos, while the Communist Party mayor of St-Benoitde-Carmaux presented her with a spray of Lily-of-the-Valley.
The Carmaux march is supported by fifteen local organisaON THURSDAY March 24 members of AC! held a rally of 100 people at the Sèvres-Babylone metro in Paris to demand free travel passes for the unemployed and poor. Their leaflet stated: of the distances between housing, workplaces and government offices. sion of free travel passes by their employers. No such provision exists for the unemployed, although it is essential they can easily travel throughout the whole Ile-de-France region in order to find work'. tive response from the Prefect when they handed in petitions. "In the Paris region transport is a daily necessity because Workers have had this necessity recognised by the proviNot surprisingly the AC! delegation did not receive a posiSOCIALIST OUTLOOK No.61, April 30, 1994, Page 14