Hundreds of French workers take bosses hostage

[Cruzan]

Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar office, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said.

It is at least the third time this month that French workers threatened with cutbacks have blockaded managers in their offices to demand negotiations. Executives were released unharmed in both previous situations.

The latest incident started Tuesday morning at the office of the construction equipment company in the southeastern city of Grenoble.

The workers were angry that Caterpillar had proposed cutting more than 700 jobs and would not negotiate, said Nicolas Benoit, a spokesman for the workers' union.

They did not want to harm the Caterpillar executives, Benoit told CNN.

The workers were inside the Caterpillar building holding five employees, including the head of operations, captive in their offices, Benoit said.

About 500 employees were also outside the building protesting.

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[Double T]

1. At least the French workers are doing something about their jobs.

I support their efforts.

[kentuck]

2. I'll bet they really agree with Obama's plan to bail out the banks??

:-)

[AngryAmish]

3. Who is the most famous person from Grenoble?

[Voltaire]

8. Jean Claude Killy??

Or did he just ski in Grenoble during the Olympics?

[AngryAmish]

9. Andre the Giant

[Mari333]

4. whoa!! you gotta love it!!

wtf is wrong with us????

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[Double T]

6. Peace is not possible when dealing with economic terrorists.

I favor abducting all corporate management and placing them on a remote island where they Six Sigma each other to death.:evilgrin:

[guitar man]

7. here

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy

;)