{"id":44486,"date":"2017-09-25T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T11:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=44486"},"modified":"2017-09-25T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T11:45:01","slug":"french-unions-block-fuel-depots-in-protest-against-labor-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/french-unions-block-fuel-depots-in-protest-against-labor-reforms.html","title":{"rendered":"French unions block fuel depots in protest against labor reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">French unions block fuel depots in protest against labor reforms<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">French unions block fuel depots in protest against labor reforms:- French trade unionists blocked access on Monday to several fuel depots in protest against an overhaul of employment laws, seeking to test the government\u2019s will to reform the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In southern France, protesters\u2019 unions set up a road-block in front of Total\u2019s La Mede refinery, while in western France fuel depots were blocked near Bordeaux and the coastal city of La Rochelle. Union members also held go-slow operations on highways near Paris and in northern France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe\u2019re determined. We\u2019re going to stay as long as possible while hoping that other blockades take place elsewhere, maybe that\u2019ll make Mr. Macron move,\u201d Force Ouvriere union official Pascal Favre told Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Eager to avoid fuel shortages, centrist President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s government deployed police at some sites before dawn to ensure by force that protesters could not block access.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIt\u2019s not in blockading the country\u2019s economy and by preventing people from working, that one best defends one\u2019s cause,\u201d junior economy minister Benjamin Griveaux told RTL radio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The labor reform is due to become law in the coming days after Macron formally signed five labor form decrees on Friday, in the first major economic reforms since he took power in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The new rules, discussed at length in advance with unions, will cap payouts on dismissals that are judged unfair, while also giving companies greater freedom to hire and fire employees and to agree working conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">While unions have failed to derail the reform, the considerable political capital Macron had after his landslide election victory in May is quickly evaporating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Macron suffered his first electoral setback on Sunday when his Republic on the Move (LREM) party won fewer seats than expected in elections for the French Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-france-reform-protests\/french-unions-block-fuel-depots-in-protest-against-labor-reforms-idUSKCN1C00JJ<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/french-unions-block-fuel-depots-in-protest-against-labor-reforms.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French unions block fuel depots in protest against labor reforms French unions block fuel depots in protest against labor reforms:- French trade unionists blocked access on Monday to several fuel depots in protest against an overhaul of employment laws, seeking to test the government\u2019s will to reform the economy. 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