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01/05/2013 - France

French unions march separately on International Workers’ Day

French unions are planning major rallies today to mark International Workers’ Day.

15/04/2013 - France

Black and Arab workers banned from meeting Israeli president's train in Paris, union

France’s state-owned rail company, the SNCF, banned black and north African-origin employees from working near Israeli President Shimon Peres when he arrived at Paris’s Gare du Nord ...

09/04/2013 - France

French unions protest at Hollande government's flexibility law

Several thousand trade unionists joined a march against the Socialist government’s proposed labour law Tuesday, with the lower house of parliament set to approve it overnight.

05/03/2013 - France

French workers place bombs at foundry in campaign to keep jobs

Workers in a foundry threatened with closure in Vaux in central France, have placed 14 bombs in front of their factory in a bid to attract attention to their situation.

20/02/2013 - France - US

French 'so-called' workers work three hours a day, claims US tyre boss

A US tyre company boss has laid into France’s “so-called” workers in a letter to a French minister, accusing them of working just three hours a day for high wages.

19/09/2012 - Report: Greece

Soldiers, police, judges, teachers join Greek austerity protests

It seems that Greeks are succumbing to austerity fatigue.

05/07/2012 - France

France Télécom former bosses in harassment probe over spate of suicides

The former boss of France Télécom, Didier Lombard, was placed under investigation for harassment in connection with the spate of suicides during his tenure, as the probe widened on ...

01/05/2012 - France

Sarkozy tells unions they're not in charge, at workers rally ahead of French presidential vote

With three days to go before Sunday’s final round vote in France’s presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkozy hopes his passionate address to a huge crowd in front of the Eiffel Tower on ...

29/02/2012 - France

Ikea used French police files to spy on workers, customers, report

Swedish furniture multinational Ikea hired private detectives to access French police records to snoop on employees and dissatisfied customers, according to trade unionists at the company.

27/10/2011 - France

Internet campaign stops French hypermarket firing

A deluge of emails, tweets and Facebook protests has forced French supermarket chain Cora to drop an attempt to fire a checkout operator for taking a coupon for a free sandwich left on her till by ...

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