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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Sophie Masse

Sophie Masse

Réforme des retraites : Injustice et inégalités - Luttes sociales - - Nout Z... - 0 views

  • la réforme va d’abord toucher ceux qui gagnent le moins et va aggraver un apartheid social
  • le nombre de personnes au minimum vieillesse va augmenter.
  • 346,3 138,1 596,7
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  • 614,44 404,53 1871,54
  • Injustice et inégalités
Sophie Masse

Retraites : les vrais effets de la réforme - Attac France - 0 views

  • niveau des pensions baissera et pénalisera les salariés
  • inégalités ne seront pas réduites mais aggravées
  • les femmes perçoivent une retraite qui ne représente en moyenne que 62 % de celle des hommes en incluant les dispositifs de solidarité et 53 % sans ces derniers
Sophie Masse

French Students Should Celebrate Pension Reform - Francois Melese - Mises Daily - 0 views

  • fear job losses
  • if older workers are forced to postpone retirement.
  • France faces limited options. It could postpone retirement; reduce benefits; raise taxes; increase workers (liberalize immigration); or increase productivity and grow the economy.
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  • this would delay a young person's entry into the labor force
  • If an older worker is forced to work an extra couple of years
  • youth unemployment already absurdly high
  • over 20 percent
  • young people need to realize they will live longer
  • reduce benefits.
  • greater job opportunities
  • signals the world that France is committed to more stable and responsible fiscal
  • launch new companies
  • business formation and job creation
Sophie Masse

France to raise retirement age to 62, Massive protests - Ars Technica OpenForum - 0 views

    • Sophie Masse
       
      People's opinion! not reliable but useful
Sophie Masse

TODAYonline | World | France's pension reform becomes law - 0 views

  • raises the retirement age has been signed into law by President Nicolas Sarkozy
  • 70 per cent of French people disapproved of the pension
  • eight times since early September
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  • fuel shortages
Sophie Masse

France Crippled by Nationwide Strike Over Retirement Age - 0 views

  • Strike
  • Hundreds of thousands of French protesters
  • 24-hour strike
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  • 500,000 people marched in more than 240 demonstrations in Paris and around the country.
  • France has one of the lowest retirement ages in the developed world.
  • will cause the administration to back down
  • current $44 billion to $138 billion
  • "This is a done deal and the French know it
  • raising the retirement age two years is actually a small thing."
    • Sophie Masse
       
      good info about strikes
Sophie Masse

France Moves to Raise Minimum Age of Retirement - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • increase of the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60
  • “It’s about preserving the pension system for our children.”
  • At 60, France’s retirement age is one of the lowest in Europe.
Sophie Masse

French retirement age change to 62 becomes law | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

  • retirement at 60 was a cornerstone of France's social security system
  • French people are living longer
  • 62 became law in France
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  • want to claim full pension benefits must now wait until age 67 instead of 65.
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