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In a company, what does the right to strike allow?

An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.

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Dans une entreprise, le droit de grève autorise :

In a company, what does the right to strike allow?

Answer. It allows employees to stop working to press professional demands.

Les salariés à arrêter le travail pour défendre des revendications professionnelles.

Striking is a right. Employees stop working together to express a disagreement, for example over pay. Hours on strike are not paid, but an employee cannot be penalised for going on strike.

The official text that proves it

« le droit de grève (droit pour une personne employée de cesser le travail pour exprimer un désaccord). »

the right to strike, the right of an employed person to stop working in order to express a disagreement.

In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet

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