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mummywhycantieatcrayons
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:07 pm

The enthusiasm for collective action as an institution in France is remarkable. I was over there last year some time when there was some strike, followed by solidarity strikes in other sectors...


Vive la grève !
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Post by William the White » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:10 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:The enthusiasm for collective action as an institution in France is remarkable. I was over there last year some time when there was some strike, followed by solidarity strikes in other sectors...


Vive la grève !
Hope you joined in the demo and chucked a few sous in the bucket :wink:
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:39 pm

William the White wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:The enthusiasm for collective action as an institution in France is remarkable. I was over there last year some time when there was some strike, followed by solidarity strikes in other sectors...


Vive la grève !
Hope you joined in the demo and chucked a few sous in the bucket :wink:
Ha, even I am not impervious to the Gallic romance of it all. :D


Wouldn't stand for it over here though... :whack:
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Post by Athers » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:50 pm

Inflexible labour market IMO ;)
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:30 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
Oh yes, how I wish 25% of our public sector had the balls to stop working altogether in these troubled times. :crazy:
Lord Kangana wrote:I'm in France, haven't noticed owt.

...but wish the British had the balls to do as much about problems facing them as your average Genouille.
S'about right.
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:24 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7859968.stm

Seems we're having a go as well.
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