OMG, Holy Christ, Sarko is kicking union backsides, he was already on a roll. Now he has managed to poke another finger in the eye of the Unions. According to late breaking news, the French court who was judging whether or not the minimum service provision for transport sector employees was legal or not has ruled that it IS legal. The French Parliament passed the bill 2 weeks ago and the union hot footed it to the courts moaning that this was all illegal and against the constitutional right to strike. The court basically told them to stop whining, this has nothing to do with the right to strike.
What the ruling effectively means is that the transport public service sector unions have to guarantee a minimum service (which obviously will be dealt with in negotiations with the management or the ministry). They have also banned wildcat lightening strikes and after 8 days, they need to reconfirm the strike in a SECRET ballot.
I think this is the same stage at which Margaret Thatcher was when she faced down the coal miners. That was the crucial step in breaking the sclerotic grip that labour had over the british economy. But I am impressed with Sarko, good man, way to go.
All this to be taken with a grain of piquant salt!!!
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