Understanding France's General Strike in the Context of the Yellow Vests and Global Class Warfare

http://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/13/understanding-frances-general-strike-in-the-context-of-the-yellow-vests-and-global-class-warfare/
Date Written:  2020-01-13
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2020
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX24050

Labor and capital are at loggerheads in France. As the open-ended strike launched on December 5th against a neoliberal overhaul of the pension system continues to expand, the Macron regime has dug in its heels to defend the advantages this so-called reform would have for the wealthy (even though it has recently been forced to present what it considers to be a "compromise" to the union leadership).

Subject Headings

• France