He means "delegates", kinda like union leader but not exactly. But they can absolutely be fired, they are simply a protected class of workers, meaning they can

He means "delegates", kinda like union leader but not exactly. But they can absolutely be fired, they are simply a protected class of workers, meaning they cannot be fired because of their delegate status, but can be because of anything else. It's very similar to the US protected classes of workers. A very simple Google search will show you they do get fired from time to time, e.g just 3 month ago: http://www.courrier-picard.fr/32021/article/2017-05-22/le-delegue-syndical-licencie-pour-une-pause-cafe-trop-longue-chez-mgi-coutier http://www.courrier-picard.fr/32021/article/2017-05-22/le-de... The guy got fired for cause after 26 years in the company, because of a coffee break that lasted too long. Due to his protected status, a court has to validate the firing, and in this case they did. @ekianjo is simply dwelling on the common French entrepreneurs narrative that the law is anti-business, etc.