Industrial Relations in France‑ Environments and Ideology

I‑ Industrial Conflict

Basic Patterns

•Constitution protects right to strike but lockouts and political strikes illegal ‑ grievance strikes legal

•Frequently employers offer an anti‑strike bonus which is forfeit if a strike occurs or even pays a bonus to strike breakers

•Basic characteristic of French strikes is spontaneity. Strikes over industrial issues but content largely symbolic and ideological


	Basic characteristic of French strikes is spontaneity. Strikes over industrial issues but content largely symbolic and ideological
	Truck drivers often blockade the roads
	March 1979, CGT steelworkers strike, one group occupied Notre Dame and rang the cathedral's bells while they hung a CGT banner across the towers