"The question is whether French workers should have to live worse now than they did five years ago," he said.

But that's because French workers spend more time with their families.

Fully employed French workers average about seven weeks of paid vacation a year.

The base was constructed by French workers for the Americans in 1953.

I don't know whether it was the immigrants who took jobs from French workers, or simply his own black nature.

"If you add to that the noise and the smell, the French worker goes crazy," he said.

French workers won the 12-hour day after the February revolution of 1848.

One thing he wants to know is whether French workers should be allowed to nap on the job.

Most French workers take about six weeks of vacation a year.

To the Editor: French workers do have the ability to spend more time with their families.