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Hardline trade unions staged protests across France on Tuesday against an overhaul of labour rules expected to be passed by parliament later in the day, in a show of force they hoped would mobilise public opinion for further labour action. The lower house of parliament, where President Francois Hollande's Socialist government has a slim majority, was expected to pass his measures loosening firing and hiring rules, opening the way for a Senate vote on April 17. Some trade unions, led by the leftwing CGT and backed by hard-left allies in parliament, were determined to stir up opposition against what they called a "traitorous" bill, with marches in up to 170 towns and cities. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from Amiens, in northern France.