French government faces pensions battle

Public-sector workers in France are staging a series of strikes against plans to raise the state pension age from 60 to 62 from 2018. Much of the country’s transport network was brought to a standstill in the latest walkout on 24 June, with schools shut and some flights cancelled.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School