Unions threaten to paralyze French economy

[Schrödinger's Cat]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21739240

This is how you get it done.

[lvatt]

This is a very critical battle. Touching pension plans is a no-no.

Anyone knows how the labour laws work in France? Is it legal to hire scabs over there? If so, then this will be a tough battle. In Canada, scabs are illegal in (I believe) British Columbia and Quebec for provincial entreprises, but legal nationwide for federal entreprises (nuclear energy, transport, communications, etc)

[Red_Hooligan]

That's actually quite interesting, because it sounds like so many other groups are getting involved as well. It's not "just" the railworkers...it sounds like a huge amount of the population will be striking or protesting.

I'll be keeping my eye on this one, thanks a lot for the post.

[La Comédie Noire]

I love how major news sources are trying to paint the French Transit Workers as greedy. I believe I heard one station call the workers' pensions "over generous".

Bull fuck!