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French union to propose more pension protests (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

French CGT labour union head Bernard Thibault listens during a Reuters interview at his offices in Montreuil, near Paris, November 3, 2010. Thibault said protests over a two-year increase in France's retirement age would not end until President Nicolas Sarkozy invites unions for talks on modifying the law. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCEPOLITICS - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)Reuters - France’s CGT trade union will propose a new national day of protests against an unpopular pension reform, even as the government hopes to move on from the issue,…

As Sarkozy’s Pension Reform Moves Ahead, Protests Slacken (Time.com)

October 28th, 2010

Time.com - Despite the passage of France’s unpopular pension reform, leaders of a weakening protest movement have vowed to keep battling the measure even after it’s signed into law. But…

Sarkozy nears victory on pension bill as unrest wanes (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

French university students and striking workers attend a demonstration over pension reforms near the French Senate in Paris October 26, 2010. The placard reads Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved closer to victory on Wednesday in his showdown with unions over pension reform, with strikes easing and street marches losing momentum.


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French pension law nears adoption as unions fight on (Reuters)

October 24th, 2010

French striking workers block the entrance of the oil refinery of Grandpuits, southeast of Paris, October 23, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - The French government pledged on Saturday to restore fuel supplies but unions dug in their heels at strike-hit oil refineries after the Senate approved the pension reform bill…

French Senate passes pension overhaul (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

French Senator Isabelle Debre, right, votes on a pension reform for members of UMP, at the Senate in Paris, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. The French Senate is to vote on a pension reform, after the government short-circuited a protracted debate. The Senate is near certain to approve the measure, which raises the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 later Friday, despite months of strikes and protests that reached a climax of radical action and scattered clashes this week. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Under pressure from the government, the French Senate voted Friday to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, a victory for President Nicolas Sarkozy after days of…

Fuel supplies low as French protest pension reform (AP)

October 16th, 2010

Students shoot slogans as they demonstrate in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Saturday's march from the Place de la Republique in Paris was the fifth in a full month of protests that have swept this nation of 64 million people, affecting trains, subways, airports, hospitals, schools and other facilities. Diesel and jet fuel supplies were running low Saturday in parts of France as workers took to the streets for another nationwide protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. (AP Photo Thibault/Camus)AP - Scattered fuel shortages rattled drivers and France’s main airport warned that some flights must arrive with enough fuel to get back home as hundreds of thousands marched Saturday…

France: Strikes over pension reform begin (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Crowded platforms are seen at the Saint Lazare subway station in Paris, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010 as French unions are staging a national day of strikes and demonstrations in opposition to the government's pension reforms. Train drivers launched an open-ended strike Monday night. They will be joined by workers from throughout the French economy on Tuesday. Both groups are angry at a pension reform the Senate is expected to pass by the week's end. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Workers tried to shut down France on Tuesday with strikes affecting airports, public transportation, schools and the postal service in a showdown with President Nicolas Sarkozy over his…

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