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How French Models Protest Low Wages
France's nude art models have had enough - protesting low wages and poor working conditions, nude models in Paris went on strike. This is not the first time La Coordination des Modeles has staged protest: back in 2008, they held a naked protest outside Paris' city hall after regulations stripped them of their tip-jar. The models demand equal treatment afforded most French workers, like job security or vacation pay. As The Guardian reports, the Paris mayor of cultural affairs noted "this was a lovely protest in the French, gaulois spirit of resistance."
Proving that there is no French profession immune from collective work stoppages, the country is now facing a potential epidemic of empty sketchbooks and blank canvasses as its nude models threaten to cover up, complaining of low wages and poor working conditions, while also fighting for the state to recognize their work as a serious career rather than a paying hobby or part-time gig.
A group called La Coordination des Modeles recently staged a protest complaining that most life-class nude models are treated as temp workers, with none of the perks afforded most French workers, like job security or vacation pay.
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France’s dedicated nude models—many of whom pose full-time—say they have seen no improvements since their 2008 protest and are calling on the Ministry of Culture to again intervene on their behalf. “We’re asking for a reassessment of our wages and the problem of our status,” Patricia Clark, a member of the group, told French newspaper Liberation, “We have no status, we are technically temp workers, so we’re sitting in ejection seats, and that’s unacceptable…That’s not what a temp worker is supposed to be, he’s not supposed to be working every day, six hours per day, 33 weeks per year.”
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Christophe Girard, deputy Paris mayor for cultural affairs, told The Guardian, “I think this was a lovely protest in the French, gaulois spirit of resistance.”
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Perhaps there is a reason to cheer for socialism after all: the lower the wages, the more naked...
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Cue gratuitous nude model images...
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and if you get them really mad they'll swallow
I say fuck em.
So what the hell is that guy staring at in the first picture?
Her belly button?
Her bush reads, vive le france!
Now, that's the type of European socialism I hope they bring to the US.
Perhaps there is a reason to cheer for socialism after all: the lower the wages, the more naked...
Dvoraks law:
The worse the economy, not only do the hookers get better looking, but they get cheaper. Some postulate that additionally, hookers get more business during a worse economy, however Dvorak himself attributes this to supply and demand which often leads to an increase in business (i.e. tricks) which is driven by the need to compensate for loss of revenue caused by the same reduction in cost stated in Dvorak's law.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dvorak%27s%20law
Index. You're talking about an index.
I'm personally waiting for Canada on Strike.
No more Smarties and Trivial Pursuit for the masses.
"Her bush reads, vive le france!"
Oh sure, blame Bush.........
I wonder if she braids her armpit hair
I wouldn't notice
@Dixie
Stupid or hateful comment ?
Come on, don't blame Bush for that too!
Probably staring at the cute male photographer taking the picture.
Her dick
He just noticed the shapeshifter in front of him.
It will soon shapeshift to a naked Janet Yellen.
It's bushes fault.
FOCUS< FOCUS FOCUS>>>>geeeezzzz
Optical zoom for the win.
Her resume.
She wants to be a serious actress.
I don't believe any of it...more photos for verification.
Only the French could call sitting there doing nothing for six hours - "work" .... and full time work at that.
With vacation. Next they'll want free medical care... er waaaaaaaaaiit..... You're tryin' ta trick me... ain'tcha?
Ya know what? Those people work more than our 96 million on welfare, section8 and EBT cards, for fucks sakes!
Sorry ladies, but if you need more FRN's you can have some of mine. If you want gold or silver then sorry, can't help you.
We have politicians in the USA doing the same, sitting doing nothing for hours on end. Then they break and eat at tax payer expense at fine restaurants near their capitols.
yep but they are not naked , sometimes cold and with 20 people staring.
To the royal asshole that says that is not a job, get a fucking brain and learn just how much a naked body means in art.
In the USA we call them government workers, except they do it for 8 hours per day not just six.
And those that have to deal with them are very pleased the (generally) lard-assed .gov worlers are amply clothed.
@remaicalm
Fuck u and your green arrows.
Show some bare skin and the ZHers come out of the woodwork to post.
'Hey look 'Million Dollar Bonus' is back. Oh sorry that's 'Million Dollar Boner' My bad.
Hey Tyler, how about a little focus on that thing?
Just get one of those computer apps like those I see on TV cop shows. They can take a four pixel image with 8-bit grayscale depth and turn it into a perfectly readable license plate. In full color, too!
I hear that those apps are particularly handy for embellishing satellite images from video games.
Great job to have checking their wages (among other things).
We can see butt cracks but we can't see nipples and bosoms?
How gauche!
remember Pladizow had a nice rack and then got all traffic signy :(
+1. And never revealed the source of the pic.
Come on Plad... where'd you find that one?
Fuck these prescription glasses , me no see butty crack.
Now that is a work action I can get behind!
I see they're threatening to cover up. Pity; I'd hoped they'd walk out instead.
Should stage a proper French manifestation!
F*ck them!
F*ck them!
why the need to say fuck u to the French... really?
I am starting to think many of you guys here are just pissed off at life overall.
little money, fat old bitches at home, shit jobs if any, paying the little left over in taxes and living in a society once the greatest now without a drop of fairness or freedom for that matter.
The US was my dream, 9/11 woke me up , and fucked it all up .Your comments confirm what a lame nation.
I vote for clothing redistribution. More for the fat uglies and less for the hotties.
You can't discriminate against the fuglies.
Are you saying redistribution of clothing wealth from those who don't need it to those that do, based on a clothing "needs" board ruling, is discrimination?
Obviously you don't appreciate the finer qualities of fat ugly women with their bozangas hanging out.
That was simply mean and unnecessary, You are Pure Evil!
Coulda been belly-dance Hitlery.
Shain' to that Christmas favorite, "Cankles are Coming to Town"
"That’s not what a temp worker is supposed to be, he’s not supposed to be working every day, six hours per day, 33 weeks per year."
Hmmmmmmm, I put in 14-18 per day, every day, 52 weeks per year.
33 weeks is temp work.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, not in France.
Carlos Slim calls for 3-day work week.
If this is naked communism, I might join.
Ah, the good ole days when a pretty girl could change my ideologies in a matter of minutes.
Really? Sure dont worry about ebola, banks, Gasa, EU, Russa, now its French models?
Really, there isn't enough clicks on NY number one maybe having an ebola outbreak, its french models not likeing their or there whoreing environment
Ebola's not fast enough lets have a nuclear war if they still work and wipe out all stupid once and for all.
Point to the door, Let those Ho's know there is an option on the easy money train.
French Model = False Flag
Distracting us with ass - genius!
Models in Paris Texas, versus Paris France...
http://wolferadio11.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/paris-france-vs-paris-texas...
My eyes! My eyes!
No more Walmart for me.
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
Keep them doggies rollin'
Rawhide!
That comparison is outdated. The lardass of the 21st century wears a tube top to show off fugly tattoos. It used to be just convicts and junkies; today, your typical Wal-Martian is a waddling mass of human wallpaper. Yesterday I saw one that had her exposed parts speckled with little hearts, like a bedsheet. The latest is clip-art on your face - just the thing to enhance your career and make Mom and Dad proud!
LOL
Oh, that is just so fucking cruel.
I gotta stop by the WalMart soon for some shits and grins.
Question. What is the best drug to do for a WalMart jaunt?
Blotter acid?
that would be terrifying
Ludes.
All the rage in Paris ...
Regards,
Cooter
P.S. Old man was born in Paris and have family from there.
Nudity doesn't have the same effect on me as it did 30 years ago. Now it simply makes me shudder in fear. Being married three times will do that to you.
being married once was enough for me
I'm a slow learner.
I believed in the social safety net when I was in college too.
Sex changed my whole world view. It is not allocated based upon need, and when you finally get it you really have to work for it, and if unlucky, continue to pay for it for many years after.
If it flies, floats or eh, well ya rent.
Sorry to here that friend. Just have to re-marry right. I learned a lot from my first marriage (and still literally paying for it), but my second wife is pure win.
A good gal changes everything.
Regards,
Cooter
Oldwood just believes in the old adage: If at first you don't succeed,
try, try ,try again. But that adage is not for skydivers.
But 30 years ago, you can remember that can't you? All those Nature somthing, National Geografic. Big floppy tities, Nature yes, National my ass.
No being married 3 times will only harden you were you need to be soft, leading to the next marrage.
Dont stop and just be that young, need to be that ignorant if you want to marrie.
Remember its has been and will always be your fault, You aught to have known. Now sit in that corner, and look at that wall.
This last one has lasted 20 years and I have learned a few things...mostly there is no winning, simply surviving. I'm always wrong and a better man for it.
i told my present wife that she should thank my ex for teaching me the grass may be a little greener on the other side but it is still grass so i would probably hang around awhile as long as the grass was green. 30 years later there are brown spots and weeds but the grass is still green.
We all needed to see the Universal Hot Crazy Matrix presentation years ago.... knowing where the Hot Crazy line is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKWmFWRVLlU
Married three times, Oldwood? Next time just find a woman who hates you and buy her a house.
LOL
I'll say the same thing after 20 years and the same gal, God bless 'er
Reminds me of the time I was on the job and we were taking break, joking about sex. I was not married long and the older guys were giving me crap about getting it several times a week. The one fellow, around 60 at the time, told me to enjoy it while I can.
"That pussy when you are young is the greatest thing........young, fresh and just like a ripe peach most days. When you get to be my age it will remind you of an old cow pie on the pioneer trail that got rode over by a covered wagon wheel"
He wasn't kidding.....
They could always move their classes to a strip club...
RIOT PUSSY
That was a nice little break from the doom and gloom. Thanks Tylii you Bitchez!
France has a Ministry of Culture?
(Shaking my head, mumbling)
Cottage cheese.
lol...I see what you did there.
Sooo...long fish net stockings and Le Femme de Walmart then!
Give nude models rights, and union or tenue and you'll end up with a bunch of nude models that look like Rosanne
Tenured Rosanne's...I just can't take it anymore...lol.
FUCK
Dude, that's not even on their list.
I've seen those ladyboys here in Thailand!
I made it a point to avoid those particular establishments.
No curtains, sheeet.....
I just wanted to post because there were 69 comments.
hehe hehe
chuckle........hehe(Beavis and Butthead)
Eeeehhh, he said 69.
I think the most symbolic way for them to protest is to bend over naked.
I, for one, would appreciate the issue better.
Even Cheeze eating monkeys are entitled to pose nude.
well, pay the girls.
There it is, since Eve, the crux of the muffin er, biscuit.