Is France the top in Europe for strikes?

“La France n’est pas le pays avec le plus de jours de grève” ?

Le vrai du faux par Antoine Krempf lundi 4 avril 2016

La France n\\\'est pas le pays avec le plus grand nombre de jours de grève ?

La France n’est pas le pays avec le plus grand nombre de jours de grève ? © Maxppp

C’est ce qu’affirme le secrétaire général de Force ouvrière, Jean-Claude Mailly. Mais si la France n’est pas le pays le plus gréviste… elle n’en est pas très loin. Jean-Claude Mailly, secretary general of work – Force has affirmed France is not the worst for strikes (in Europe)…but she is not far from it.

Avec 80 jours de grève en 2013 pour 1.000 salariés du public et du privé en 2013, dernier décompte de l’Institut syndical européen, la France n’est effectivement pas la championne d’Europe. Mais seuls le Danemark et Chypre sont (loin) devant. La France est donc troisième avec deux fois plus de jours de grève que la moyenne européenne.

With 80 strike days per 1,000 workers (public and private) in 2013, the last recorded by the European Union Institute, France is not, in fact, not the European champion. But only Denmark and Cyprus are ahead of them. So France is third with twice as many days as the European Average.

Sur la durée, la France est systématiquement dans les dix pays les plus grévistes, y compris pour les années sans conflit social majeur du type CPE en 2006 ou réforme des retraite en 2003 et 2010. 159 jours de grève en moyenne pour un millier de salariés chaque année pour la décennie 2003-2013, soit une centaine de jours de plus que pour l’ensemble des pays européens. Seule Chypre a une moyenne supérieure.

Looking over a longer term France is systematically included in the top ten strike countries, including the years without major social conflict the like of  contrat première embauche (CPE), (permanent employment contract), in 2006 or reform of retirement (60 to 62 yrs) in 2003 and 2010. On average 159 strike days per thousand employees every year during the decade 2003-2013, being 100 days more than the other European countries combined. Only Cyprus has a higher average.

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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