PARIS , France ( CNN ) -- France is sending four state police units to its overseas department of Guadeloupe after a month of sometimes violent demonstrations , Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said Thursday . French gendarmes face-off against Guadeloupe protesters . `` The pillaging ... the violence against people , are not tolerable and will not be tolerated , '' Alliot-Marie told the French radio station RTL . `` It 's no longer simply a question of containing the protests . ... This mission of honor will continue to be undertaken , but we also have to fight against the violence . '' French President Nicolas Sarkozy planned to meet with elected officials from overseas departments , including Guadeloupe , Thursday afternoon , his office announced . A general strike over low wages and living conditions in the Caribbean island has included demonstrations and clashes with police . At least one civilian has been killed in the riots , officials said . Hospitals and emergency services continue to function and the main international airport is open , but petrol stations , schools , and most businesses -- including supermarkets and car rental offices -- are closed , the British Foreign Office said in a travel advisory . Hotels are open , but the strike is causing daily cuts to electricity and water supplies , the Foreign Office said . French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday he is ready to approve a compromise that would give nearly a €200 ( $ 254 ) monthly supplement to workers in Guadeloupe with low-paying jobs . `` This crisis is serious , and profound , but it 's not new , '' Fillon said , adding that it 's linked to `` the lifelessness of the economy in the Antilles , aggravated by the global economic crisis . '' Sending supplementary police forces is justified , Fillon said , because `` we can not accept what has happened '' in the department . He was referring to the attacks on businesses , the roadblocks in the streets and above all , the death of the civilian , who he said was a union leader . Agence France-Presse identified the victim as union representative Jacques Bino . He was shot dead Tuesday night when he drove past a roadblock manned by armed youths in the city of Pointe-a-Pitre . His car was hit three times by shotgun fire , prosecutors told AFP . Three police who accompanied emergency services trying to help the dying man were lightly wounded , officials said , according to AFP . Speaking with RTL on Wednesday , one demonstrator denied he was fanning the flames of unrest . `` We have always called for calm , '' Elie Domota , leader of the Coalition against Exploitation , said . `` We have told the young people to go to their homes and continue to protest peacefully , but the police yesterday beat protesters and called them racist names , so the situation escalated . '' CNN 's Alanne Orjoux in Atlanta , Georgia , contributed to this report .
French police reinforcements being posted to Guadeloupe . The island of Martinique is also under a state of emergency as the hurricane threatens its main port, Saint-Pierre. Protest leader denies encouraging violence . Guadeloupe is French overseas territory .