French national strike causes travel chaos

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Tuesday October 4, 05:04 PM

French national strike causes travel chaos - Yahoo! Australia & NZ News (http://au.news.yahoo.com/051004/19/w7jj.html)

PARIS (AFP) - French commuters faced serious travel disruptions from a one-day nationwide strike that was also expected to ground hundreds of flights from Paris' two main airports.



Boo-hoo-hoo.

[DoctorDoom]

Awww, golly gee, someone must have asked the unions to do some actual work.

[tacitus]

Did the government try to cut their vacation time down from 2 months a year?

[Pendragon_6]

They'll demand more of everyhing, and they'll get it.

French bankruptcy just ahead.

[DoctorDoom]

The average French worker has never had it so good - or so it seems.

The introduction of a 35-hour working work means millions of employees spend more time having fun with family and friends, instead of slaving away in the office or factory.

The legislation, introduced in phases since it was approved by Parliament in 1999, has resulted in shorter working days, four-day working weeks or extra long holidays.

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But the 35-hour working week has come at a price.

With fewer people at work at any one time, more jobs have been needed.

And it has largely been the French tax payer who has had to foot bill to pay for their wages.

French corporate taxes are among the highest in the EU and many firms have moved to "business friendlier" countries like the UK.

And that in turn has led to further draconian legislation making it tougher for French firms to move abroad.France's workplace revolution (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1859891.stm)

Welcome to the reality of the best-laid plans of mice and men.