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THE RIGHT TO STRIKE IN FRANCE

December 2nd, 2010
Economic law

Introduction

Strikes are often a current event, and more precisely in France. Why in France? First because it’s one of the country where people are protesting the most, where there are many strikes, almost every times. We can see general strikes almost every year. But why did I choose this subject? It’s not only because France is known to have often strikes; it’s also because of the general strike of this year against, principally, the pension reform that marked September, October and November 2010. Also, the right to strike is important in the French culture. However, it’s often reconsidering by people, by organization or political parties. In one hand it understandable that people have demand but in the other hand, people aren’t always agree with how strikers are acting to explain their demands or dissatisfactions. That’s why this right, have to exist but also have to be limited; in order that people can live in community.

That’s why I will explain you first the strike in general meaning, after we will see their influence in the French culture; then we will see the right to strike but also their limits in France. To finished we will talk about the current event in France about the reform pension.
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I/ Strike a/ Definition
Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by several refusals of employees to work. Called “grêves” in French, it means stop working in the legally aspect, but the general meaning affect every action linked with the strike: It can be demonstrations, barricade, to block factory entrance, to block strategic point (main roads: truck drivers, harbor: angry fishers, fuel manufacture: angry fuel engineers, school: student…). Everything more or less legal who will disturb the economy of a company or, of the country if it’s a general strike. One of the targets is to make people