French public sector workers and labour unions take part in a demonstration against French government reforms in Nantes, France, November 16, 2017.EUTERS/Stephane Mahe
PARIS (Reuters) - The role of French trade unions is evolving away from leading mass strikes and street protests to partnering employers in the workplace -- whether they like it or not, France's labour minister Muriel Penicaud told Reuters.
Speaking as the hard-left CGT union prepared to lead the latest round of largely muted protests against the President Emmanuel Macron's business-friendly reform agenda, she said the strikes and clashes that once made France a hotbed of labour strife had become an exception.
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