Current situation
hey, I think this is my 100th post!
Someone mentioned that they saw the protests being illustrated with movies of car fires from four months ago on CNN (they have cable). Just so y'all know (and don't get worried, Mom) none of that is going on anymore! This seems to be involving pretty much everyone, so I don't think they feel they need to resort to violence to be heard. I think the riot police have had to use tear gas and stuff in some of the bigger cities, but nothing major.
The whole mess is about these Contrats de Premiere Embauche (CPE, or roughly, first job -contracts) whereby companies can hire people ages 18-26 with a two- year "trial" period, in which they can let them go for pretty much any reason, no explanation required (except certain like being preganant or black, etc etc, which are protected by law...but then if you can fire someone for no reason, are you going to tell anyone it's because they (fill in discriminatory motive here)?). The students I talked to seem to be concerned that 1. companies will keep hiring people for two years and firing them just before their time is up so that they can hire fresh blood to exploit 2. It will be hard to take out a lease on an appartment if there's no guarentee they will be able to pay the rent for the next year.
The official reason for having them in the first place is to allow more jobs to be created for young people, as their unemployment rate is really high right now.
And I'm realizing how ignorant I am...what's required for you to be able to fire someone in the US? Do you need a valid reason? For anybody? (Law student? Have an answer?)
Someone mentioned that they saw the protests being illustrated with movies of car fires from four months ago on CNN (they have cable). Just so y'all know (and don't get worried, Mom) none of that is going on anymore! This seems to be involving pretty much everyone, so I don't think they feel they need to resort to violence to be heard. I think the riot police have had to use tear gas and stuff in some of the bigger cities, but nothing major.
The whole mess is about these Contrats de Premiere Embauche (CPE, or roughly, first job -contracts) whereby companies can hire people ages 18-26 with a two- year "trial" period, in which they can let them go for pretty much any reason, no explanation required (except certain like being preganant or black, etc etc, which are protected by law...but then if you can fire someone for no reason, are you going to tell anyone it's because they (fill in discriminatory motive here)?). The students I talked to seem to be concerned that 1. companies will keep hiring people for two years and firing them just before their time is up so that they can hire fresh blood to exploit 2. It will be hard to take out a lease on an appartment if there's no guarentee they will be able to pay the rent for the next year.
The official reason for having them in the first place is to allow more jobs to be created for young people, as their unemployment rate is really high right now.
And I'm realizing how ignorant I am...what's required for you to be able to fire someone in the US? Do you need a valid reason? For anybody? (Law student? Have an answer?)
posted by Etrangère | 6:23 PM
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