We read about the weakening position of unions in this country. But the following has occurred in France: A Goodyear Tire factory is facing closure and negotiations have broken down. So the employees reacted by kidnapping the company executives. It's called "Boss-napping" - while they seek demands for severance etc. Police had to intervene to free the captives. French labor has a history of using this tactic in the past against Caterpillar, Sony and 3M. Japanese employees used to consider their jobs as lifetime employment contracts. So when U.S. Lines declared bankruptcy in 1986 the employees kept our Tokyo manager in his office for several days - but not as flagrant as the French.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/business/international/french-workers-hold-goodyear-managers-over-jobs.html
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