British Execs Released After Latest French 'Bossnapping'

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 8, 2009 9:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – In the latest demonstration of French employees refusing to take job losses sitting down, workers at a glue factory took 3 British execs and their French manager hostage last night, and released them today, the BBC reports. The “bossnappers” demanded a renegotiation of their... Read full story »

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