Zee Fwernch doing what zee Fwench do zee best: Zee Fwench strikes dujour

Zee Fwernch doing what zee Fwench do zee best: Zee Fwench strikes du
jour


FRANCE - Article published the Thursday 18 March 2010 - Latest
update : Thursday 18 March 2010

Air France cabin crews to strike

photo:

Empty counters at Nice International airport after a strike by air
traffic controllers on 23 February , 2010
Reuters
By RFI

"Air France air hostesses and stewards will go on strike from 28
March, in a protest against the company’s plan to reduce operating
costs to compete with low-cost airlines.....:"

Fortunately, Americans go more and more often on strike too.

"Prison services contractor locks out California health workers
A contractor of health services for two jails in California’s Alameda County
locked out 143 health care workers March 10, one day after the workers
called a one-day strike to protest a new proposal that would significantly
hike workers’ portion of health insurance costs.

Prison Health Services (PHS), a Tennessee-based private corporation that
raked in $610 million in earnings during 2009, is demanding that members of
the Service Employees International Union pay an additional $300 to $500 a
month in health care costs. According to the union, this demand came after
the company had initially agreed to pay a 10 percent increase for healthcare
provisions.

The contract covering nurses, physician’s assistants and dental assistants
who provide healthcare at the county’s Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and the
Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in Oakland expired in December of last year.
The lockout is expected to continue through March 16. During that time, PHS
will be bringing in strikebreakers to perform the jobs of union members."