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הרפורמה המקיפה באה לשנות את יסודותיו התעסוקתיים של המשק הצרפתי. אם תעבור, חברות יוכלו לעקוף חוזים קיבוציים ולהביא להחלת חוזים פנים-חברתיים; היא תאפשר פיטורין בגין עילה כלכלית גם לחברה שלא נמצאת בקשיים כלכליים; היא משנה מן היסוד את אופן קביעת גובה פיצויי פיטורין; מאריכה את שעות העבודה השבועיות, והרשימה עוד ארוכה.
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בתנועת "לילות בעמידה", בה הקו המנחה היה ונותר הרחבת המחאה, דחפו מצידם להצית שביתה כללית בקרב כלל האוכלוסייה הפעילה. אך למרות אהדה ותמיכה של רוב העם, עדיין נותרה התנועה מצומצמת מדי מכדי לגייס ולנייד מסה קריטית בקרב הפועלים והשכירים; והשביתות נותרו נקודתיות. מרכז הכוח של המחאה נדד אם כך אל עבר האיגודים.
כאשר הכריזה הממשלה באמצע מאי על השימוש בסעיף 49-3, החריפה תגובת האיגודים. אם במרץ ובאפריל האיגודים הסתפקו בהפגנות, מאמצע מאי הם התחילו להשבית עוד ועוד ענפים בתדירות הולכת וגוברת: עובדי חברת הרכבות השביתו חלקית את תנועת הרכבות הארצית פעמיים בשבוע, עובדי הדואר שבתו חלקית, ובמהרה הצטרף גם ענף זיקוק הנפט ששבת בעוצמה יתרה ואף הביא במשך כעשרה ימים למחסור בנפט בצפון המדינה. לאחר גל השביתות הראשון, הצטרפו גם עובדי חברת החשמל אשר העבירו מאות אלפי בתים לתעריפים מוזלים, וגם ענף התברואה השובת חלקית בערים הגדולות.
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בשל מספריהם המצומצמים, צריכים האיגודים לחשב בהקפדה יתרה את אסטרטגיית השביתות שלהם. למרות שענפים חשובים שובתים, השביתות כולן הן חלקיות, ועוצמתן תלויה בלהט העובדים עצמם ולא בהנחיות ראשי האיגודים, אשר ממאנים לקרוא לשביתה כללית. בעיר הנמל לה האבר, למשל, משביתים עובדי הנמל כראות עיניהם את פעילות הנמל לחלוטין ולעת הפגנות גדולות אף חוסמים את כל עורקי התנועה הראשיים של עירם. מצד שני, למרות השביתה בענף התברואה, לא מביעים האיגודים המרכזיים התנגדות לפינוי האשפה בפריז בידי חברות קבלן פרטיות.
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