[lbo-talk] FT: French unions threaten wider pension strikes

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 11 14:24:09 PDT 2010


On 10/11/2010 4:15 PM, Eric Beck wrote:


> Thesis: The reason France has such a vibrant protest culture is
> because of its low unionization rate. Discuss.

I thought you were going to say it's because of France's highly statist political economy.

In France the vast majority of workers are automatically covered by union agreements, whether they're members or not. Those who choose to actually join a union do so out of a desire to be a "militant."

SA



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