Why Does It Seem Like French Workers Are Much Better at Protesting Than American Workers?

French union strikes have been destroying the streets of Paris for over a month now. Why doesn’t the U.S. ever see union protests of this scale?

Share: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share using Native tools Share Copied to clipboard For the past month, France has literally and figuratively been on fire. Videos of massive union protests have circulated on Twitter. Most days, large fires are burning as garbage piles up in the streets of Paris. There are even reports of police chasing and violently beating civilians with batons. And it’s all because…the French don’t want to work an extra two years? Meanwhile, in the United States: Amazon, one of the largest employers in the country , h

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