More than 300,000 march in France to protest attempts to lengthen workweek
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PARIS  - Trade unions took a massive swipe at President Jacques Chirac's conservative government Saturday, gathering more than 300,000 people at marches across France to protest plans to chip away at the country's shortened workweek.
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Protesters plan to take to the streets in more than 50 German towns and cities on Monday as cuts in unemployment benefit come into effect.
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Several thousand taxi drivers staged protests across France Wednesday, disrupting traffic from Paris&#39; international airports over plans to open up their jobs to competition and scrap a fuel subsidy.
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The French prime minister defended thousands of job cuts at Airbus on Thursday, but protests over the losses at the planemaker silenced three German plants in a backlash that could threaten recovery hopes.
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In a march organized on Facebook, hundreds of thousands protested against the leftist rebel group Monday.
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France's centre-right government on Sunday stood defiantly by plans to make the 35-hour work week more flexible with the controversial prospect of longer hours, despite mass weekend protests.
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French farmers on Wednesday threatened widespread protests next week if the government failed to find a solution to soaring fuel costs they say have cut into farm revenues.
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More than 40,000 people took to the streets in Europe to protest against plans by US auto giant General Motors to axe about one-fifth of its workforce in the region and possibly even close a plant.
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Thousands of people are due to march through Coventry in support of Jaguar workers whose jobs are under threat.
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Demonstrators claiming plans for firefighters to be on call at night will put lives in danger stage a protest march.
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Workers at France's Airbus factories are set to go on strike on Tuesday to protest against major cutbacks by the European aircraft maker involving the loss of about 4,000 jobs in France, union officials said Thursday.
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Union workers at Alcatel-Lucent  called on Wednesday for a strike in France on February 15 to protest against the restructuring at the telecoms equipment provider as they expect more job cuts than announced.
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Musicians, instruments strapped to their backs and signs in hand, marched to the French Quarter on Sunday, demanding better wages and asking tourists, music lovers and political leaders not to take them for granted.
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SEOUL : Tens of thousands of workers have rallied here to protest a government reform bill aimed at stopping union militancy and securing flexible job markets, as a powerful labor group called a massive strike next week against the legislation.
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France&#39;s prime minister has announced plans to let workers negotiate workweeks that exceed the current 35-hour limit. Jean-Pierre Raffarin also vowed to cut the current 9.9 percent unemployment rate by a 0.1
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One of the biggest motor shows in the world is set to take place in Paris this week -- but not before the city makes another display of its crusade against the car that it hopes will transform the capital into ...
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Airbus trade unions decided to call on all French employees of the European aircraft maker to respect a one-hour work stoppage on Tuesday to protest restructuring plans for the group, a trade union source told AFP.