giovedì 30 aprile 2009

French bossnapping to protest economic unfairness

Enraged About Corporate Greed? Kidnap Your Boss
By Christopher Ketcham, AlterNet


The French have taken to bossnapping -- "sequestering" their bosses while keeping them comfortable and safe -- to protest economic unfairness.

  • At 3M's pharmaceutical factory in Pithiviers, 50 miles from Paris, workers exploded upon hearing that 110 of them were to lose jobs. They surrounded the manager and forced him into his office, where he was held hostage for 24 hours until 3M agreed to resume negotiations.
  • The president of Sony France in March was locked in his office by employees who barricaded the doors and windows with tree trunks.
  • Angry factory workers at the Caterpillar plant in Grenoble took four managers hostage on April Fool's Day.

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