Strike day in France | 121 comments (121 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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One of the main ideological points of Sarkozy's campaign was to promote work ethics, undo the 35 heures, lengthen work hours. So the government is aiming to make it very hard financially to retire early.

OTOH, some banners put up during the demonstration were asking for 37.5 years of contribution for all, even CGT banners, which hadn't happened during the 1995 and 2003 strikes.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 at 11:42:02 AM EST
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I actually think this is a great way to address the "inequality" meme. Give everyone a better option instead of making everyone's life more difficult.

I find it hard to believe that early retirements can be attacked as being "inefficient" in the same way the shorter workweek has been. Does anyone really believe that 60 year olds are as productive as 30 year olds in the pure capitalist sense?

by paving on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 03:13:17 PM EST
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<consensus style=neoliberal>But you have to make peoples' lives harder so they will work harder!</consensus>

We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Oct 24th, 2007 at 06:41:31 AM EST
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Why neoliberal ?

That's the good old (1830s) liberal prerequisite to have a work market.

See Polanyi and the end of Speenhamland laws...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Wed Oct 24th, 2007 at 06:52:56 AM EST
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