Nearly One Million Registered Jobseekers Not Helped by France Travail
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France Travail is the job agency in France. It helps people find work. At the end of July 2026, almost one million people were registered with France Travail. But the agency did not help them.
Fabrice Nourdin works for France Travail in Moselle, a place in France. He said the agency is now hiring more workers. This may help the agency do its job better.
France Travail also has a new reorganisation plan. This plan will change how the agency works. There will be less hierarchy. This means fewer bosses and managers. There will also be more workers who help people directly.
But unions are not happy. Unions are groups that speak for workers. They say the agency does not give clear information about the plan. So the unions are taking the France Travail bosses to court. They want a judge to look at the problem.
Vocabulary15 words
- registered
- put your name on an official list
- reorganisation
- changing the way something works
- hierarchy
- the order of bosses from top to bottom
- unions
- groups of workers who work together
- information
- facts that people tell you
- court
- a place where a judge decides what is right
- agency
- an office that helps people
- hiring
- giving people new jobs
- workers
- people who do a job
- plan
- an idea for what to do
- institution
- a big official organisation
- clear
- easy to understand
- judge
- a person who decides in court
- bosses
- people in charge
- help
- to do something good for someone
Quiz
Answer key
1. A French job agency 2. Almost one million 3. They say information about the plan is not clear
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France Travail is the job agency in France. It helps people find _____. At the end of July 2026, almost one million people were _____ with France Travail. But the agency did not _____ them.
Fabrice Nourdin works for France Travail in _____, a place in France. He said the agency is now _____ more workers.
France Travail also has a new _____ plan. There will be less _____. There will also be more workers who help people _____.
But _____ are not happy. They say the agency does not give clear information. So the unions are taking the France Travail bosses to _____.