This document discusses the "Generation Precaire" movement in France. It summarizes that: - They are young graduates who are looking for jobs but facing difficulties finding employment or having their place in society recognized. - They want trainees and interns to have proper labor rights and status under the law, as well as recognition and support from trade unions. - They have protested companies that excessively use short-term contracts and interns to cut labor costs, by awarding those companies in a critical way.

1. Economic, political and social
situation in France
Génération précaires
•Who are they ?
•What do they Want ?
•What do they do ?

2. Who are they?
They are young graduates looking for a job.
There was a call for the strike on the internet in september 2005 to
alert the population about the situation.

3. What do they Want ?
In France, there is a group of activists who
represent several thousands of workers who have
no rights, and who can’t find don’t have their
place in society.

4.  What do they do ?
The young activists of precarious generation have
given awards to honour companies like a french
bank (called BNP) that have decided to cut back
on the cost of workers.
With these people a french bank managed to
increase trainees by 68 % which helped to lower
the number.
The use of fixed-term contracts by 35 %.
SOURCE: http://www.generation-precaire.org

5. For example:
• Minimum wage for old age
Their claim is
pension.
simple: trainees • Trainees don’t have a
must
status and they need one.
have a real status • Reduction of the difference
between training and
as apprentices in
education.
the labor law.
• Support of the trainees by
trade-unions
• A recognition in justice to
solve problems between
employers and trainees

6.  The young,
first victims of
the crisis in
Europe.
In february 2013, almost 5,694
million young europens
(off students) did not have a job in
europe.
The unemployment rate of the
under 25 years old is going up.
So 23% of young people are looking
for a job in the European union.
In France, the unemployment rate
for all the active people
reaches 10.8% in february.

7. Unemployment under 25 years