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Podcast: Vince Tracy Podcasts
Episode: Have the French Unions Got this Right?
Description: The General Confederation of Labour (CGT), a national French trade union, has announced that they will cut off the electricity supply going to lawmakers and billionaires, before the nationwide protests on Thursday, January 19. “I suggest they also go see the nice properties, the nice castles of billionaires,” said Philippe Martinez, leader of the CGT, France’s second-largest trade union, as cited by Reuters.
Healthcare workers in Madrid staged a major protest on Sunday, January 15. Tens of thousands of people marched to the center of the Spanish capital stating that the conservating regional government is destroying the public healthcare system. People dresse...