EIN News: France Strikes News

Immigrants' occupation of CGT hall in Paris under immense pressure from unions

9 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT

... Immigrants' occupation of CGT hall in Paris under immense pressure from unions The occupation ... implies that CSP75's action is helping the Sarkozy government: "The government has perhaps found a ... over the approximately 400,000 sans-papiers living in France and to help the government manage the ...

Brazil boom lifts millions into middle class

9 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT

... slums that surround big cities, despite national unemployment near record lows. Most children in Nova ... loomed over the region on Tuesday. Agence France-Presse TOYAKO - Eight of the world's most ... Fleet said, as Iran warned it would strike American interests in response to any attack ...

Southwest Airlines' Seven Secrets for Success

9 Jul 2008 01:15 GMT

... for decades about the power of their employee unions. But guess who's the most unionized ... a union. Southwest has never had a strike, and now that the network carriers have ... that flies all-business-class jets between Newark and Paris. B.A. says that it will integrate L'Avion ...

Union anger after Sarkozy says 'no-one notices strikes'

7 Jul 2008 23:27 GMT

... his country now had little impact. Nicolas Sarkozy made the comments during a meeting of ... Union for a Popular Movement party, saying "France is changing faster and more deeply than ... world capital of strike action. Traffic in Paris regularly grinds to a halt because of ...

FEATURERight to refuse

7 Jul 2008 23:19 GMT

... in Quebecs Eastern Townships started an illegal strike for better wages and working conditions. The ... move first to New York and then Paris, the author of Rufus Global had an ... inhabitants of French Canada from those of France. We were trying to figure out who ...

Tour de France: Peleton slips up but Millar still poised to strike

7 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT

... slips up but Millar still poised to strike An uncharacteristic misjudgment by the peloton allowed ... struggled through wind and rain and a trade union protest by strikers from Saint Nazaire. Red ... the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Malo and Nantes The ...

French Post 'mulls partial privatisation'

7 Jul 2008 21:51 GMT

... value of its equivalent in Germany which France views as a threat as Europe gears ... the discussions are continuing. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff lifted a taboo on ... attacked by unions, already involved in sporadic strikes to defend pensions and the 35-hour week. ...

Right to refuse

7 Jul 2008 15:52 GMT

An exhibit remembers Refus Global, Quebec's artistic cri de coeur

7 Jul 2008 15:52 GMT

UPDATE 2-French post mulls partial privatisation -source

7 Jul 2008 14:05 GMT

... PARIS, July 7 (Reuters) - France's post office ... value of its equivalent in Germany which France views as a threat as Europe gears ... the discussions are continuing. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff lifted a taboo on ...

US won't allow Iran's interference in Gulf

7 Jul 2008 12:14 GMT

... month to prepare for a possible long-distance strike and as a warning to Tehran. But ... arsenal. Mohammad Fadhel is a correspondent for Agence-France Presse and a contributor to

ARTSRight to refuse

7 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT

An exhibit remembers Quebec's artistic cri de coeur

7 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT

UPDATE 1-French post mulls partial privatisation

7 Jul 2008 11:35 GMT

... source's confirmation of amount to be raised) PARIS, July 7 (Reuters) - France's post office ... value of its equivalent in Germany which France views as a threat as Europe gears ... have not been finalised. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff on Sunday lifted a ...

Sarkozy's 'little effect' strike comments upset unions

7 Jul 2008 10:51 GMT

... President Nicolas Sarkozys comments that striking in France now has little effect have incurred the ... of several French unions. 7 July 2008 PARIS - Several unions in France lashed out ... made the previous day by President Nicolas Sarkozy that striking in the country now has ...