French Labor Protests Could Immobilize Nation

At 28, Godefroy Guibert has only just begun his working life, teaching high-school economics to teenagers barely a decade younger than himself. Yet despite having a long career ahead of him, the tall, bearded Parisian knows exactly what he will be doing and how much he will be earning 20 years from now—not to mention when he retires sometime in the 2050s, with a generous state pension.