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		<title>&#8220;For the breakup, we will come back&#8221;: the CGT will only see Sébastien Lecornu again after the Mobilization of 2nd October</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, postpones any discussion with the Prime Minister until]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: After Rubbish Collectors, Refineries Under Threat of Blockages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PENSION REFORM PROTESTS: Two refineries could be shut down according to the CGT, which is]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tesla: Employees Complain of Being Constantly Monitored and Treated &#8220;Like Robots&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/02/tesla-employees-complain-of-being-constantly-monitored-and-treated-like-robots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CLAIMS: Some employees working in Boston threaten to form a union if Tesla does not loosen]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of February 16th: With the Pension Reform, is the CFDT Becoming Radicalized?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[UNION: The CFDT is showing great firmness in the face of the pension reform carried out]]></description>
		
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		<title>No More Books and Appliances, Amazon can only Deliver Essentials</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 14th April 2020, the court of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) condemned Amazon for not having respected]]></description>
		
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		<title>SNCF: CGT Announces a &#8220;National Demonstration&#8221; of Railway Workers on 22nd March</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Philippe Martinez, leader of the CGT, announced this Friday morning a national demonstration, with a]]></description>
		
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		<title>The boss of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, in Laval Wednesday 13/09</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/09/boss-cgt-philippe-martinez-laval-wednesday-1309/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The general secretary of the Confédération générale du travail  (CGT), Philippe Martinez, will participate in]]></description>
		
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		<title>CGT Activists at the Cordemais Power Plant</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/03/cgt-activists-cordemais-power-plant/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The departmental CGT union organizes its 59th congress in Cordemais, north of Nantes, until tomorrow,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Philippe Martinez Promises Mobilizations if the Right Wins in 2017</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2016/11/philippe-martinez-promises-mobilizations-right-wins-2017/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The winner of the primary for the Republicans is not yet known, but Philippe Martinez,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blocked Refinery: Will We Run Out of Gas in Loire-Atlantique ?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2016/05/blocked-refinery-will-run-gas-loire-atlantique/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 06:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donges, the second refinery of France, the Total group, is blocked Thursday morning, at the]]></description>
		
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