Posted on 04/11/2009 2:47:46 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
British managers 'bossnapped' in France
Adam Sage, Paris
Blog: why France backs the bossnappers
Three British executives became the latest bossnapping victims in France today when they were held along with a French colleague by workers protesting over redundancy payments.
In the fifth such incident this year, the managers of Scapa, which makes glues for the car industry, were detained at the factory in Bellegrade-sur-Valserine in central France which they are planning to close.
Derek Sherwin, the director of European Operations, was named as one of the hostages who were blocked in the plant after meeting unions for talks on Tuesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Ping!
French workers to potential job-creators: STEER CLEAR!
Interesting! Call it bossnapping and it must not be illegal.
Another in a long list of anti-business, anti-capitalistic, moves for a society that long ago lost interest in progress and future, and bows down, to the god of socialism and lifes owes me a living, and I’m not necessarily talking about just France.
Those French worker must have families. This isn't a protest, it's an opening salvo to war.
Well...in my former line of work this problem could be dealt with. The methods have been long established.
According to Josh from Cedarville the biggest reason for French low productivity is the exceedingly high number of French holidays, you know, The Liberation of France Day, The Liberation of France Day, The Liberation of France Day, The Liberation of France Day, The Liberation of France Day, The Liberation of France Day...
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