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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 2:15 am
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Originally Posted by JOUY31

Regarding the specific issue of strike, the new French law that requires staff going on strike to declare themselves two days earlier, rather than at the time they are expected to take their service, seems rather useful. It remains to be seen whether it will be circumvented in the case of "hard" strikes.
Indeed definitely much better than the situation in Germany where unions only say six hours in advance where they'll strike. Whilst still much more seldom than in strike-prone countries in Europe's garlic belt, strikes in Germany's transportation system are a major nuisance because difficult to anticipate
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