French protest at youth job plan

The BBC reports:

At least 100,000 people have protested across France against new youth employment contracts, disrupting airports and public services.

Large crowds took part in peaceful rallies in Paris, Rennes, Marseilles, Grenoble and Nantes.

Air traffic and transport in 35 cities experienced some disturbances.

The government wants to let firms offer job contracts to people under 26 which would make it easier for them to be fired at short notice.

Is this the future of some American cities that have politically powerful special interest groups who can shut down a city? It appears that the social democratic welfare state is rather reactionary in the way it disrupts commerce.