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'Black Thursday' expected in France as public sector workers strike

earthtimes.org
May 15, 2008
        
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Paris - A strike by unions representing teachers, secondary school students and public sector workers is expected to shut French schools and greatly reduce other public services Thursday. The schools job action was called by nine unions representing ... [read full story]                    

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Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike

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Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike

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May 18, 2008
        

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat May 17, 2008 11:17 PM EDT Hundreds of thousands of French teachers and civil servants staged a one-day strike throughout the country Thursday to protest government plans to cut jobs in the public sector. While the unions and the government differed sharply over...

                   

Outrage over Sarkozy's plan for strikes

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May 18, 2008
        

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France: One million strike in defence of education and social services

worldproutassembly.org
May 17, 2008
        

Over one million public sector workers went on strike, and 300,000 demonstrated in the streets in all major cities and towns in France on Thursday. The strikers were protesting government plans to eliminate 11,200 teaching positions and cut some 30,000 public service jobs. If the government’s...

                   

Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike

mathaba.net
May 17, 2008
        

Hundreds of thousands of French teachers and civil servants staged a one day strike throughout the country Thursday to protest government plans to cut jobs in the public sector. For example, union leaders said that at least 60 percent of the 740,000 teachers in France were on strike; the...

                   

France: One million strike in defence of education and social services

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May 17, 2008
        

By Antoine Lerougetel and Pierre Mabut 17 May 2008 Over one million public sector workers went on strike, and 300,000 demonstrated in the streets in all major cities and towns in France on Thursday. However, the two main high school unions—the UNL (National Union of High School Students) and the...

                   

France: One million strike in defence of education and social services

wsws.org
May 17, 2008
        

By Antoine Lerougetel and Pierre Mabut 17 May 2008 Over one million public sector workers went on strike, and 300,000 demonstrated in the streets in all major cities and towns in France on Thursday. However, the two main high school unions—the UNL (National Union of High School Students) and the...

                   

Outrage over Sarkozy plan to counter school strikes (Reuters)

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May 16, 2008
        

PARIS (Reuters) - French teachers, trade unions and opposition leaders expressed outrage on Friday after President Nicolas Sarkozy said he wanted a new law to ensure schools stay open when teachers go on strike so parents can get to work. Sarkozy made the surprise announcement in a televised...

                   

Outrage over Sarkozy plan to counter school strikes

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May 16, 2008
        

By Estelle Shirbon PARIS (Reuters) - French teachers, trade unions and opposition leaders expressed outrage on Friday after President Nicolas Sarkozy said he wanted a new law to ensure schools stay open when teachers go on strike so parents can get to work. Sarkozy made the surprise announcement...

                   

Sarkozy tested by strike over job cuts

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May 16, 2008
        

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Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike

iht.com
May 16, 2008
        

Italy cracks down on immigrants Medvedev tours Russian missile base Sarkozy has said that he will stand firm in his plans to cut 22,900 civil-service jobs this year, including more than 11,000 in education, and an additional 35,000 next year. With Sarkozy at historical lows in opinion polls,...

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