The French strikes that could threaten the Paris Olympics 2024
Several groups are threatening to strike over what they see as a lack of bonus pay over the busy period
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Several groups are threatening to strike over what they see as a lack of bonus pay over the busy period
Is France back to its old ways? Trade unionists plan to paralyse public transport, shut down schools, set up picket lines and march through cities on Thursday over President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. They talk about recreating the spirit of 1995, when Jacques Chirac's government requisitioned tourist boats on the…
Is France back to its old ways?Trade unionists plan to paralyse public transport, shut down schools, set up picket lines and march through cities on Thursday over President Emmanuel Macron's pension
When we talk with co-workers, they're disgusted that they will have to keep going for another two or three years," said Simone Legendre, a member of the CFE-CGC union that represents white collar workers, who was striking this week over wages outside a LCL bank and will join the pension strike too. The largest union, CFDT, has issued a general call to halt work and join protests, describing the day as a starting point.
France is bracing itself for a turbulent Christmas as the national railway network's annual pay negotiations get underway, with a first wave of industrial action by train conducters getting underway…