Thursday, January 29, 2009

At Least A Million Workers Protest In France Over Economic Crisis!


We're not the only ones who are tired of banks getting bailed out instead of the people.Over in France,teachers,transport workers,& other professionals took to the streets to protest their wages & the way that President Nicolas Sarkozy has handled the French economy.Here's more from BBC:

"Many people are furious that Mr Sarkozy said there was no money left to raise wages and consumer spending power, but nonetheless managed to find billions of euros to bail out floundering French banks, says the BBC's Emma-Jane Kirby in Paris.

The walk-out has affected transport, education and postal services throughout the country, our correspondent says, and is the biggest one-day strike since Mr Sarkozy took up office.

With unemployment looking likely to reach 10% next year, she says, the protesters hope he will drop his programme of cost-cutting reforms and focus instead on protecting workers' jobs and wages.

Mr Sarkozy cannot ignore this demonstration of anger, our correspondent adds. Street protests have repeatedly brought down French leaders and Mr Sarkozy does not want his government added to that list of casualties.

"We want to show how the people are dissatisfied with the situation at the moment," Thierry Dedieu of the CFDT general workers' union told the BBC.

People had the feeling they were paying for a crisis they were not responsible for, he added.

But earlier in the week, French Finance Minister Eric Woerth condemned the strike organisers, accusing them of scare-mongering during a time of economic uncertainty."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857435.stm

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