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Victory for French youth
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Thursday June 22, 2006 11:55 by John Flood - WSM
Government forced to back down on unequal employment laws. During March and early April a wave of protests and occupations gripped France. On March the 7th over one million people protested against the French government’s attempt to introduce the C.P.E., a new law that reduced the rights of young workers. The five weeks that followed saw 68 Universities occupied as students and workers went on strike. The government responded to this popular protest by unleashing the notorious police force, the C.R.S against the strikers. Thousands of arrests were made and a 39 year old Trade Unionist was put in a coma following a brutal attack by the police. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Actually it was a defeat for French youth. The main reason there is such high youth unemployment in France is that few employers want to hire them because its almost impossible to fire them should they turn out to be no good. Contrast that with Ireland where its much easier to fire those who turn out to be workshy. Because its easier to fire them employers in Ireland are much more willing to hire them. The result: Ireland has negligible youth unemployment and is currently experiencing a massive influx of young people from all over Europe to work here.
If you express any dissent in the workplace with how poorly you are being treated you are merely sacked on the spot. Try to join a union and you're sacked. I don't enjoy the precarious nature of nearly all the employment available to young people out there and either does anyone I've talked to. Fuck the CPE.