Comment by phtrivier

4 years ago

> 4.one massive strike in France ala 2018 Gilets Jaunes

Oooh, come oooooon... There probably hasn't ever been a single year _without_ something resembling a "massive strike" in France. And we have yet-another-pension-reform coming up.

It's like predicting there will be a massive barbecue in Texas :P

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hikingsimulator  4 years ago

I didn't mean just strikes, I said "massive strikes"! :P

Burned vehicles, a few hands lost to a police grenade, maybe a death or two.

Sure it's a low hanging fruit, but the French executive power has been bypassing parliament with 49.3 rulings for the past year to get unpopular laws and welfare undoings through. Something's gotta break.

  • swores  4 years ago

    Let's not call stuff like burned vehicles and violence "strikes", it's rioting which can be caused by the same issues that lead to strikes but strikes themselves are non violent and the concept doesn't deserve to be tarred with the same brush making it seem like "massive strikes" automatically equate to violence.

  • phtrivier  4 years ago

    Interestingly, they used 49.3 mostly to pass the budget, and they're now slightly more limited in how much they can use it for "regular" laws.

    And even if they did not have to bypass parliament, there would be strike (source : the last 50 years or so ?)

vladvasiliu  4 years ago

> There probably hasn't ever been a single year _without_ something resembling a "massive strike"

Can't really remember one for this year. Then again, there are still five more days to.

  • wott  4 years ago

    > Can't really remember one for this year.

    One not massive in numbers, but massive as impact was concerned: oil refineries, only 2 months ago.

    It impacted the whole country for weeks. As the Gilets Jaunes happening didn't even involve any strike, I guess this one qualifies even better.

    • vladvasiliu  4 years ago

      Right. I did get the feeling I was forgetting something. But as you say, it didn't feature the usual large-scale marches through Paris.

scrollaway  4 years ago

“Predicting a massive strike in France is like predicting a massive barbecue in Texas”. I love it, and I will steal it (I’m French :)).