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Captive British bosses at French factory are released
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by mudricky | April 8, 2009 at 03:18 am
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Workers at a French factory, due to close, have released their three bosses after they agreed to more talks.
100 employees face redundancy at the firm, which manufactures adhesive films and tapes for the car and construction industries.
The rouge workers held their bosses captive for over 24-hours and blocked entrances to the factory using trucks.
Recently presidents from three universities have also been taken hostage by students protesting at education cuts.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said it was "totally unacceptable".
The latest kidnappings were carried out by staff at the closure-threatened Scapa adhesive factory at Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, in the south of France.
Trade union members grabbed the executives, including European operations director Derek Sherwin, after negotiations over the loss of 68 jobs collapsed on Tuesday.
Workers are holding three British bosses captive at an adhesives factory in France over plans to close the site.
The executives and a local manager were taken hostage at British firm Scapa on Tuesday night, police said.
European finance director Ian Bushell said unions representing staff carried out the "non-aggressive" action - the latest of several similar incidents.
A truck was blocking the entrance to the plant in Bellegarde sur Valserine in the south east, Mr Bushell added.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to end the practice of "boss-napping" after militant workers targeted four factories in the past month.
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at 03:27 on April 8th, 2009
mudricky, please keep us updated. Thanks!
at 03:32 on April 8th, 2009
Will do.
at 04:45 on April 8th, 2009
okay will find out somemore and update this story.
at 05:04 on April 8th, 2009
Looks to be still ongoing, you may have found an older video as it has happened in France a few times recently.
http://news.google.co.uk/news?um=1&ned=uk&cf=all&ncl=1327866923
at 05:51 on April 8th, 2009
Looks like it, we all know it's wrong to do that sort of thing. But I love the French for the way they stick up for each other and for things they care about.
They seem to do it better than most.
at 05:39 on April 8th, 2009
I love the French, they are so expressive in their actions, they remind me of the musketeers, "all for one and one for all".
So, the bosses are stuck in a glue factory? (a very sticky situation to be in) :o)
at 05:52 on April 8th, 2009
I hope they can bind together and think of a idea out of this problem.
at 06:29 on April 8th, 2009
Yeah, it's definitely a trend now.
at 07:33 on April 8th, 2009
This is not a good trend. It will only deepen the divide and increase policing. Yet I can not really blame them either for it.
at 11:35 on April 8th, 2009
I think kidnapping their bosses is going to get the employees nowhere unfortunately.
at 14:06 on April 8th, 2009
If it makes the workers feel a little better, for a little time, then actions like this are understandable.