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  2. Conscription in France - Wikipedia

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    The relevance of the historical system of universal military service to modern commitments and warfare accordingly came under review. France accordingly suspended peacetime military conscription in 1996. President Jacques Chirac's government formally announced the end of compulsory military service [10] in 2001. Young people are still required ...

  3. International comparisons of trade unions - Wikipedia

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    At America's union peak in the 1950s, union membership was lower in the United States than in most comparable countries. By 1989, that figure had dropped to about 16%, the lowest percentage of any developed democracy, except France. Union membership for other developed democracies, in 1986/87 were: [3] 95% in Sweden and Denmark. 85% in Finland

  4. Trade union - Wikipedia

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    A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, [1] such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of ...

  5. French civil service - Wikipedia

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    The French civil service (French: Fonction publique française) is the set of civil servants (fonctionnaires) working for the Government of France.. Not all employees of the state and public institutions or corporations are civil servants; however, the media often incorrectly equate "government employee" or "employee of a public corporation" with fonctionnaire.

  6. French Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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    Denmark, Norway, Germany and Portugal allow post-Legion enlistment. The European Union twin threads seem to be recognized dual nationality status or restricting constitutional article. The United States allows post-Legion enlistment in its National Guard of career soldiers (up to the rank of captain) who are Green Card holders. [citation needed]

  7. List of trade unions in France - Wikipedia

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    Other large unions: Union nationale des syndicats autonomes (UNSA) Solidaires; Regional Unions: Confédération générale du travail - Martinique (CGTM) in Martinique; Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe (CGTM) in Guadeloupe; Corsican Workers' Trade Union (STC) in Corsica; Syndicat des Travailleurs de Bretagne (STB) in Brittany

  8. National Gendarmerie - Wikipedia

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    During the Middle Ages, there were two Grand Officers of the Kingdom of France with police responsibilities: The Marshal of France and the Constable of France. The military policing responsibilities of the Marshal of France were delegated to the Marshal's provost, whose force was known as the Marshalcy because its authority ultimately derived ...

  9. European army - Wikipedia

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    European Gendarmerie Force is a multinational military gendarmerie force with units provided by Koninklijke Marechaussee, Arma dei Carabinieri, Guardia Civil, Gendarmerie Nationale Française, Guarda Nacional Republicana, Jandarmeria Română and Żandarmeria Wojskowa, performing missions deployed outside European Union for supporting local ...