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Support dips for fourth strike against labour reforms

'Minor disruption' to planes, trains and public transport reported as unions protest against labour reforms ahead of ratification debate

Retiring truckers may get five years’ holiday

I was interested to read your online interview with a lorry driver during the recent strike / blockade where he talked about a special regime which gives drivers five years’ holiday before retirement: how can this be? Is this what the row with train drivers is about? M.W.

Dip in support for labour reform protests

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How public sector strike could affect you

A sector-by-sector breakdown of today's strike action

Prefect demands refund over factory closure

Prefect of Hauts-de-France wants US manufacturer Caterpillar to return hundreds of thousands of euro received in state aid after it announced closure of operation in Pas-de-Calais

Interview with a striking lorry driver

A haulier on secondment to the CGT tells Connexion why lorry drivers are protesting against President Emmanuel Macron's employment reforms

180 protests over labour reforms planned for Tuesday

CGT union has called for strikes on Tuesday, September 12, in protest at planned changes to code du travail

Politicians lose benefits as Macron gives wife job

Editorialistes (opinion writers) hold a major role in the French press. Here French journalist Paul de Villepin examines recent ‘hot topics’ which have featured in columns across the country

First steps begin in plan to reform Code du Travail

France’s new government is set to move ahead this month with the first steps in its plan to reform labour laws, the Code du Travail, using edicts called ordonnances to cut delays.

Code du travail

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Dip in support for labour reform protests

How public sector strike could affect you

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