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Book Review - Hiring And Firing, Rebekah K. Maxwell
Book Review - Hiring And Firing, Rebekah K. Maxwell
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Understanding The Unrest Of France’S Younger Workers: The Price Of American Ambivalence, Joseph Seiner
Understanding The Unrest Of France’S Younger Workers: The Price Of American Ambivalence, Joseph Seiner
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The youth of France refer to themselves as the “throwaway generation,” in part because they perceive that their value to the labor market is simply disregarded by the government. Against this backdrop, young French workers recently took to the streets in riot to protest a newly enacted employment law that stripped employees under the age of twenty-six of many of their employment protections. The protests persisted after the French Constitutional Council held that the law did not violate France's constitution. The continued violent opposition ultimately forced French President Jacques Chirac to abandon the law, resulting in an embarrassing defeat for …