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| French workers threaten to blow up factory facing closure |
| 2010-04-03 |
| Workers at a factory facing closure in France have threatened to blow up the plant unless they are given better layoff compensation. About 50 workers at Sodimatex, which makes car rugs, have been occupying the site in Crepy-en-Valois since Thursday. They are pressuring the company for better compensation. The employees have placed petrol bombs near a large gas tank and are threatening to set them ablaze. The French industry minister has condemned the move and urged the workers to settle the row through talks. France is suffering a 10 percent unemployment rate -- highest in a decade. The car industry is among the hardest-hit by the economic slowdown. Plant closings have led French workers to increasingly militant behavior, with numerous cases of boss-napping over the past year and one other case of a threat to blow up a factory. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 As long as they are forced to stay in the plant while it ignites, I consider their proposal to meet win-win criteria. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2010-04-03 13:41 |
| #1 Only in France is terrorism considered a legitimate labor negotiating tactic. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-04-03 00:10 |