For one French politician the thought of getting a gridlocked country for Christmas was so outrageous that she called for legislative action to prevent it. Morançais suggested enforcing an obligatory minimum of 1/3 trains to run as usual during the strikes and to ban the strikes "la veille des vacances scolaires," 'just before the school holidays'. If we forbid strikes just before the holidays, why not forbid them everyday seeing as it’s preventing people from getting to work?” he asked. Photo: AFPFirstly, the right to strike is firmly embedded in French law, guaranteed by the constitution. As a general rule, all French workers have the right to strike.

Source: The Local December 12, 2019 08:03 UTC