[lbo-talk] NYT on French unions

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

> On 2006/03/30, at 6:58, joanna wrote:
>
> > Isn't the other reason they're strong because they control
> > transportation and govt functions?
>
> Also because public official have the right to strike and unionize
> (sorry I don't know about the States, but the situation in Japan is
> pretty much the opposite, they can unionize but pretty much can't
> strike or have any kind of political activity on the job).
>
> JC Helary

Take a look at "Strikes and Lockouts, Workers Involved and Workdays  
Not Worked, by Selected Countries," comparing Canada, the United  
States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, from 1993 to 2001:
<http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/labor30a.htm>.
The number of strikes and lockouts is far fewer in the US than in  
Japan, not to mention the UK and Canada.

Yoshie Furuhashi
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