Employment: a Campaign Encouraged to "Get Rid of Perpi for the lozère"... France Travail Evokes a "Semantic Clumsy" and Excuses

lindependant.fr

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A poster by the state's employment operator has led to controversy in the Eastern Pyrenees.

Le Huffington Post

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Perpignan city councillor denounces a poster aimed at denigrating the city of the Pyrénées-Orientales.

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An initiative of the organization was aimed at encouraging Catalan jobseekers to settle in the department with more professional opportunities. Faced with the controversy, France Travail had to remove its posters on Monday 28 April.

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The organisation had used a slogan targeting Perpignan to attract job seekers to Lozère, where the unemployment rate is almost three times lower than in the Pyrénées-Orientales. France Travail's territorial director acknowledged a bad address in the communication.