Car Parts workers in France have taken drastic action to try to get management to listen to their demands. A "bossnapping" incident in which workers angry about factory restructuring plans in a car parts plant near Paris held three managers ended late on Thursday, according to Yahoo News UK.
The managers of the French car parts plant Faurecia were released after several hours of detainment, according to a union source. The kidnapping of managers in France is becoming an alarming trend. A number of managers in France have been held hostage overnight by workers in recent weeks over planned job cuts. In each case, they have been released unharmed, often after a promise to restart negotiations.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to put an end to bossnapping, saying workers angry over layoffs must obey the law and not kidnap executives. "What is this business of sequestering people? We have the rule of law, and I will not let matters go on like that," said Sarkozy in a speech.
"We can understand that people are angry, but this anger will subside with answers and results, not by aggravating matters with actions that are contrary to the law," he said.
It seems that Sarkozy may be out of step with a fair amount of French public opinion though - recent polls show that up to half of French people believe that taking executives captive to get better redundancy terms is a justified action.
This report was compiled by Find a Part - Car Parts Search Specialists since 1978.
The managers of the French car parts plant Faurecia were released after several hours of detainment, according to a union source. The kidnapping of managers in France is becoming an alarming trend. A number of managers in France have been held hostage overnight by workers in recent weeks over planned job cuts. In each case, they have been released unharmed, often after a promise to restart negotiations.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to put an end to bossnapping, saying workers angry over layoffs must obey the law and not kidnap executives. "What is this business of sequestering people? We have the rule of law, and I will not let matters go on like that," said Sarkozy in a speech.
"We can understand that people are angry, but this anger will subside with answers and results, not by aggravating matters with actions that are contrary to the law," he said.
It seems that Sarkozy may be out of step with a fair amount of French public opinion though - recent polls show that up to half of French people believe that taking executives captive to get better redundancy terms is a justified action.
This report was compiled by Find a Part - Car Parts Search Specialists since 1978.
