French Booksellers Come Up With A New Kind Of Strike

“In Nicolas Sarkozy’s second crisis-budget plan, which raised taxes to try to plug the deficit, he raised VAT on books from 5.5% to 7%. … Booksellers’ unions are up in arms against the measure, which comes into force in April … Some booksellers have hinted at a possible ‘labelling strike’ where they simply refuse to stick on new price tags.”