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TRADE unionists protesting against the French government’s anti-working-class legislation have picketed a growing number of oil depots and refineries, leading to fuel shortages.
Workers at the Total refinery in Grandpuits, west of Paris, voted yesterday to halt production at the site until Friday.
Local media reported shortages at hundreds of petrol stations across the country, including Paris, as blockades delayed deliveries.
Four decades on, the Wapping dispute stands as both a heroic act of resistance and a decisive moment in the long campaign to break trade union power. Lord JOHN HENDY KC looks back on the events of 1986
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
