x404.co.uk
http://www.x404.co.uk/forum/

French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refineries
http://www.x404.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25413		 Page 1 of 1
Author:  pcernie [ Tue May 24, 2016 11:58 am ]
Post subject:  French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refineries
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36366912

Good on them.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue May 24, 2016 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
It's stating a bit tough for people in remote areas. My friend who lives in a tiny village cannot go to work anymore. People still support the strike in general.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Wed May 25, 2016 7:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
pcernie wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36366912

Good on them.

Why good on them - they are hardly introducing slave labour
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed May 25, 2016 7:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
Without seeing the detail of the changes to be made (the BBC article lists what is being changed without saying in any details how they are being changed) I can't really say if I have any sympathy for the strikers or not, but this...

Quote:
The government provoked union outrage when it resorted to a constitutional device to force its watered-down labour reforms through parliament without a vote, earlier this month.


absolutely gets my back up. If you're changing the laws in a democracy, especially in a way that will affect millions of people, you bloody well should have a vote on it. The obvious conclusion from this tactic is the government didn't think they'd win a vote if there was one, in which case the new laws are probably a) very unpopular and b) badly formed.

Between that and the enthusiasm for both putting the army on French streets and wading into Syria after the Bataclan massacre, the French government isn't looking very.. French at the moment.

Jon
Author:  pcernie [ Wed May 25, 2016 9:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
Cheers, Jon, you've neatly summed it up for me!
Author:  pcernie [ Thu May 26, 2016 9:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36385778

Now that's a protest lol.
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Thu May 26, 2016 10:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
If they shut all of the nuclear power plants then it will be the summer of discontent

But the government will back down the French governments nearly always do
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu May 26, 2016 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
Making other people miserable seems to be the French way when it comes to industrial action. No peaceful protests. It's always blockades and burning tyres.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu May 26, 2016 8:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
l3v1ck wrote:
Making other people miserable seems to be the French way when it comes to industrial action. No peaceful protests. It's always blockades and burning tyres.


I doubt anything else would work tbh.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Thu May 26, 2016 8:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
French people are broadly agreeing with strikers though, no one seems to bat an eyelid


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu May 26, 2016 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French labour dispute: Strike hits all eight oil refiner
I wonder how long that will last. In 2000 when we had the fuel protests, people turned on the lorry drivers after they did their motorway blockages and when people could get fuel to get to work.
Sympathy to a cause will only last so long when people are being seriously put out.
In this case there's a good chance the French government will fold. They're not as stubborn as they are here.
Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
https://www.phpbb.com/