Faced with union opposition, significant mobilization using the social networks, and an online petition that has, to date, received almost 900,000 signatures, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Monday 29 February, that the Council of Ministers would put back the March 09 date that had been set for it to adopt the draft law. During the upcoming fortnight the government will once again meet with the social partners. The youth cohort, at the front line of the current protest is gearing up for gatherings next week. The union organizations are themselves due to meet on 03 March to decide on what, if any, action to take.
Several mobilizations, several expectations. The online petition was launched on 18 February by a group of militant more or less left leaning Socialist party sympathizers the day after leaks to the press over the draft reform law for the labor market and it has received almost 900,000 signatures in a fortnight (Labor law: No thank you! on change.org). That is in excess of the 700,000 received against same-sex marriage, the other big social network struggle marking François Hollande’s five year term, carried by a political wing totally opposite to that which is being mobilized today.
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