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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by mmarq on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:59AM (#35066445)
You can’t increase salaries de jure and even if it were possible, it’s not clear how the governor of the ECB would be able to pass laws.
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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by p4bl0 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @06:45AM (#35067859)
> You can’t increase salaries de jure

The law defines the minimum legal wage. History has shown that increasing the minimum wage generally quickly end up increasing all salaries.

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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by realusername on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @06:59AM (#35067957)
History has also shown that it leads to higher unemployment and lower growth of the salaries above it.
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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by mmarq on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:52PM (#35073172)
History hasn’t really shown anything.
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