Topic: Confederation Generale du Travail
PARIS (Reuters) - PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to cut 5,000 jobs in France, an official from the CGT union said on Tuesday, suggesting a higher proportion of layoffs in the automaker's home country than previously disclosed.Jean-Pierre Mercier, union representative at ...
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Hundreds of riot police stormed the port of Marseille in southern France on Thursday to lift a two-day blockade by Corsican ferry operators that had paralyzed sea access to loading docks.Ferry operators are worried about their jobs after ...
The Argentine government said for the first time Tuesday it would intervene in a week-old strike at Argentina's main soy and grain export harbor that has left a million tons of food exports idle on docks.The announcement came after unions ...
In France, where individualist trends had been most pronounced and public reaction to terrorist acts had imperiled the very existence of the movement, anarchists made an effort to acquire a mass following, primarily by infiltrating the trade unions. However, although partial general ...
While the crowds marching under a sea of trade union banners presented a united front, both police and unions reported numbers were down dramatically compared with similar protests before lawmakers approved the reform.Officials said 560,000 took part in the ninth ...
Clashes erupted between youths and riot police in several towns and shops in the city of Lyon were looted as workers and students came out in force around the country to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular reform.The latest day of ...
Officials tried to head off panic buying of petrol amid the rolling strikes and protests that saw hundreds of thousands take to the streets for the latest day of action against President Nicolas Sarkozy's key reform on Saturday.Transport Minister Dominique ...
France faced the threat of fuel shortages on Wednesday as a wave of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plans shut down 70 percent of its oil refining capacity.One day after a massive nationwide protest brought more than a ...
Ports across France experienced disruptions and in some cases total shutdown on Saturday as union-led workers protested against government plans to increase the retirement age.Container ships stood unloaded at Marseille on the Mediterranean coast, while a strike by workers at the ...
French unions said Saturday they had brought millions onto the streets to protest government plans to reform pensions, but ministers disputed the figures and suggested the protests had peaked."Around 2.9 million" demonstrators have taken part, the CFDT union's deputy ...
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Social Summit at Elysee Palace
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Paris demonstration during the general strike
Secretary General of the Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) Bernard Thibault speaks ...ZUMA Press Inc - -
General Strike in France
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