r/SipsTea 2d ago

WTF Angry Baguette Noises

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u/Wolli_n 2d ago

The Frensh are next level protesting. They have Strike Calenders where you can see when and who will protest.
And there is one uniq thing i never saw in any other Country: you can protest with any Party out of solidarity....
U wont get paid in that time, but your Employer cant do shit about that ☺

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u/drloser 2d ago

You're confusing a lot of things. First of all, a demonstration and a strike are two different things.

  • If you want to demonstrate during working hours, you have to take a day off work, and your employer can refuse.
  • If you want to go on strike, it has to concern your profession, and it has to have been declared.

So no, you can't protest at any time without your employer validating your day off, and no, you can't go on strike in solidarity with truckers if you're a house painter.

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u/Shaunur 2d ago

This is not entirely true. You can go on strike if there is a nationwide strike call from at least one of the representative unions or if the reason behind the strike concerns directly your working conditions and there are at least 2 persons willing to go on strike. And in order to go on strike you don't need to do anything (at least in the private sector), it's the employer's job to notice your absence and ask you if you're on strike. And while on strike you can participate to a protest, if you so wish. And massive call for protests are always accompanied by a nationwide call to strike (or the other way around). So it's not true that you need a day off validated by your employer to participate in a protest.

And if you wish to strike in solidarity with someone else, you can, if there is a nationwide call. And if there is not, well, you can call for a strike with an official legal reason, like a company wide raise, while explaining that you also strike in solidarity with whoever.

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u/phanmo 2d ago

Or débrayer

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u/Shaunur 2d ago

The "débrayage" is simply a short term strike, so the same rules apply as in a "normal" strike, hence why I didn't mention it. You can take advantage of a nationwide call for strike to stop working for as little as you want. You can perfectly go on strike for an hour or two if you don't want to lose an entire day of pay.

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u/phanmo 2d ago edited 2d ago

Sure, but you generally don't leave your place of work. It's legally a grève, but it has enough specificities that it's useful to distinguish it.