[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: French Protests Over Youth Labor Law Spread to 150 Cities and Towns

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This is getting serious. And why is it we don't see this kind of thing in the U.S.? (Or is that a rhetorical question?)


INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | March 19, 2006
French Protests Over Youth Labor Law Spread to 150 Cities and Towns
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
The protesters want the abolition of a new law that allows employees under the age of 26 to be fired without cause until they have held their job for two years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/international/europe/19paris.html?ex=1143435600&en=ad6dcc18bee4effa&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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