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| French workers release Sony boss | |
| 2009-03-13 | |
WORKERS freed the boss of Sony France after holding him hostage overnight to try to make the Japanese electronics giant give them a bigger redundancy package.
Mr Foucher was heading for a meeting with the regional state representative, or prefect, and union leaders in the nearby town of Dax, officials said. He had gone to the factory to meet its 311 workers one last time before its closure on April 17. But the workers, who say their pay-off is less generous than that offered at other French Sony plants that have closed, decided to launch a strike, then barricaded the entry to the site with tree trunks and stopped him leaving. He was held overnight in a meeting room, a union official said. Sony France announced in December the closure of the Pontonx-sur-l'Adour site, which has specialised in manufacturing video tapes since 1984. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 If he's smart he'll renege on their "agreement" now that he's free Or is an agreement made under duress enforceable in France? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-13 19:01 |
| #2 Not necessary, Tapes are obsolete, discs are the current media storage choice now. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-03-13 18:32 |
| #1 They kidnapped the boss? Fire them all, close the plant. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-03-13 12:03 |