The 1995 strikes in France were a series of general strikes in France, mostly in the public sector in late 1995. The strikes received great popular support despite paralyzing the country's transportation infrastructure. The strikes occurred in the context of a larger social movement against the new Juppé government's agenda, which was arguably the largest social movement in France since May 1968.
The November-December 1995 general strike has been seen as a turning point in the social movement. Many organisations were created in the aftermath of these strikes.
Famous quotes containing the words strikes and/or france:
“There are two births: the one when light
First strikes the new awakened sense;
The other when two souls unite,
And we must count our life from thence,
When you loved me and I loved you,
Then both of us were born anew.”
—William Cartwright (1611–1643)
“It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)