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How do they expect this stuff to be paid for? I'm living in Germany and I will probably drop dead before I see my pension and I don't expect to have much to show for even if I reach pension age... but I understand the problem so I understandably (and selfishly) wished I could opt out of the pension system altogether and pay a private pension or buy ETFs or whatever with my money.
I'm sort of curious: How do the French citizenry organize these general strikes? It happens often enough that there must be some streamlined way of doing it and getting the word out. >

Unions are big in France >

The union membership rate in France is below 10%, compared to e.g. 50-90% in Nordic countries. It's low by European standards, and even lower than the US. >

That's true, however the rate is higher for the public instances (education, transport, administration...) and people tend to follow the strikes even if they aren't registered in a union. >

I admire how the French actually show up and fight for things rather than just letting the government and corporations run roughshod over them all the time. >

The rest of us should be studying and taking notes >

Amazon workers: Workers rights? What's that? >

As soon as they learn the answer and share it, they become an ex-Amazon worker. >

Cries in dutch our retirement age is 67 currently. Every few years it gets higher >

France has a serious demographics problem, and are tied for the most generous retirement conditions among EU countries.