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		<title>France in 2024: Fewer Strikes, Higher Spending</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/02/france-2024-fewer-strikes-higher-public-spending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2024, France experienced a notable shift in its social and economic landscape: labour unrest]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mobilization of Thursday 2nd October 2: Transport, Health, Education&#8230; Who is Calling for the Strikes?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disappointed after her meeting with Sébastien Lecornu last week, all the unions have called for]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: Olivier Véran Assures That There will be no &#8220;Retirement&#8221; for &#8220;Reforms&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-olivier-veran-assures-retirement-reforms/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 03:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CRISIS: In the &#8220;JDD&#8221;, the government spokesperson explains that we &#8220;cannot let the idea take hold]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: The Shutdown of the Facilities at the TotalEnergies Refinery in Normandy Began on Friday Evening</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-shutdown-facilities-totalenergies-refinery-normandy-began-friday-evening/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Blockages]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[STRIKE: This blockage should not cause fuel shortages The shutdown of the facilities at the TotalEnergies refinery]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: Violence in Lyon, a Ransacked District Town Hall and 36 Arrests</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-violence-lyon-ransacked-district-town-hall-36-arrests/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 11:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new demonstration against the pension reform gave rise to violence and clashes in Lyon]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: Several Major Ports Blocked this Thursday</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-several-major-ports-blocked-thursday/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brittany]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROTESTS: The ports of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, but also those of Brest, Le Havre and]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of 7th March: Two New Days of Mobilisation Announced, the Unions Want to See Macron &#8220;Urgently&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-two-new-days-mobilisation-announced-unions-want-see-macron-urgently/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-two-new-days-mobilisation-announced-unions-want-see-macron-urgently/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROTESTS: The Unions asked Tuesday evening to be &#8220;received urgently&#8221; by Emmanuel Macron &#8220;so that he]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of 7th March: Movement Strong in Refineries, Shipments of Fuel Blocked</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-movement-strong-refineries-shipments-fuel-blocked/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-movement-strong-refineries-shipments-fuel-blocked/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donges]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[PENSION REFORM: Blocking fuel shipments does not create a shortage at gas stations, but an extension]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of 7th March: Parisian Dustbin Workers also on Strike</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-parisian-dustbin-workers-also-strike/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-parisian-dustbin-workers-also-strike/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SOCIAL STRUGGLE: Paris dustbin workers began to mobilise against the pension reform yesterday, and stopped waste]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pensions: New Events, the Movement Looking for a Second Wind</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/01/pensions-new-events-movement-looking-second-wind/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 05:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the sixth time since December 5th, the unions call for &#8220;a day of massive]]></description>
		
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