Topic: Pensions
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon ruled out Thursday offering more concessions to trade unions on a planned pension reform, saying this would derail efforts to balance a system costing billions of euros each year. France's powerful trade unions, buoyed ...
Strikes broke out in France on Monday as unions geared up for a nationwide general stoppage to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. Some secondary school teachers began the protest early with their ...
French teachers went on strike Monday on the eve of a nationwide general stoppage called by trade unions opposed to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. A third of secondary school teachers did not ...
President Nicolas Sarkozy faces protests this week against pension reform plans as he limps into the last two years of his first term weakened by scandal and disastrous opinion poll ratings. French unions have called a national day of strikes and rallies ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over security policy and pension reform on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his political reputation. Demonstrators opposed to new measures ...
Trade unions on Friday branded France's labour minister unable to defend the government's cherished pension reform, despite fresh backing from President Nicolas Sarkozy over a damaging scandal. Months of embarrassing allegations have heaped pressure on Eric Woerth who on Tuesday is to ...
Major Canadian pension fund approached about joint Potash bid with ChineseThe head of a major Canadian pension fund says a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint-bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. ...
Chief of New Mexico's educational pension board steps down after disclosure of $350K loanThe chairman of New Mexico's educational pension fund has resigned after it was disclosed he borrowed $350,000 from a man whose son shared in millions of dollars in finder's ...
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government will not be pushed into watering down a major overhaul of its loss-making pension system despite the prospect of strong support for a nationwide strike next week, a minister said Thursday. Labor Minister Eric Woerth, architect of ...
French government firm on raising retirement age despite plans for street protestsMassive street protests planned for next week won't dent the French government's resolve to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, the labor minister said Thursday. Unions plan demonstrations and ...
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