In this interpretation, French social protections owe much to people's willingness to strike and protest. Time to participate is itself something workers fought to obtain and continue to defend. Alex Clarke recalls watching American companies fall apart as they tried to organise French workers. A workplace comedy about an employee leaving at five o'clock despite unfinished work illustrates the boundary between working time and an employer's wish to finish a task.
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French protests and the defence of social protections
French social protections and time away from work are connected with repeated collective resistance.