France
French public service jobs have attacked the government's proposed budget for 2007 and the planned reduction of the public service workforce by 15,000. The unions argue that the workforce should not be regarded as just another factor to be used to balance the books and warn of the impact on the quality of services if the job cuts are implemented.
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The FOA public services union reveals that cleaners who have seen their work outsourced faced the choice of working fewer hours or taking up a second job to make up their pay. This means for some starting the first job at six in the morning and not finishing the second job until seven in the evening. The union gives the specific example of nursing home cleaners now employed by the ISS multinational. The cleaning was outsourced by Velje municipality last year and the workers were on the same pay and conditions until the collective agreement expired on 1 April. [Read more at > FOA (DK)->http:/
