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France CPE Riot Watch: Another Nationwide Strike Over CPE Hits France

Students shout slogans during a demonstration in Bordeaux, south western France, Tuesday, April 4, 2006, against the First Job Contract law, known as CPE law. Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through French cities Tuesday, with organizers aiming for a final total of more than 1 million and their biggest show of strength yet to demand the repeal of a job law that has divided the country.

ASSociated Press: Another Nationwide Strike Disrupts France

A nationwide strike shut down the Eiffel Tower and snarled air and rail travel for the second time in a week Tuesday while students barricaded themselves in schools to protest a jobs measure that has riven the country and put the government in crisis mode.

Protesters have mounted ever-larger demonstrations for two months against the law, which would make it easier to fire young workers. But President Jacques Chirac signed it anyway Sunday, saying it will help France keep pace with the global economy.

He offered modifications, but students and unions rejected them, saying they want the law withdrawn, not softened.

“What Chirac has done is not enough,” said Rebecca Konforti, 18, who was among a group of students who jammed tables against the door of their high school in southern Paris to block entry. “They’re not really concessions. He just did it to calm the students.”

Will the Chirac/Villepin government acquiesce to the Leftie Unions and Socialists?

Stay tuned……..

People carry banners and march during a general strike to protest the French center-right government’s economic and labor policies in the street of Rennes, western France, Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through French cities Tuesday, with organizers aiming for a final total of more than 1 million and their biggest show of strength yet to demand the repeal of a job law that has divided the country.

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  • Jaclynn Gay

    Review CPE First Job Contract Petition

    http://www.petitiononline.com/rvcpefjc/petition.html

    Dear Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin,

    We have been following the news of the Contrat de Première Embauche (CPE) or First Job Contract and the subsequent French protests against it. We are deeply troubled by it, especially the part where “companies are allowed to fire employees under the age of 26 without reason within the first two years on the job”…

    1. Read it.
    2. Sign it.
    3. Forward to your friends/family/foes, EVERYBODY!