Sony France boss being held hostage
According to reports, the Preisdent of Sony France is being held hostage by 311 workers at a Sony videotape factory.
Sony boss Serge Foucher was reportedly set to meet with 311 factory workers about the closure of the Pontonx-sur-l'Adour plant, but the workers rebelled and sealed themselves and the Sony executives inside yesterday after a compensation dispute.
Serge Foucher had a bailiff testify that he was not being allowed to leave the factory as the workers had sealed the doors with tree trunks and were keeping him there against his will, according to The Brisbane Times. Foucher is now trying to negotiate a settlement with 'the forces of order'.
"He won't listen to us, we didn't find any other solution," said a union delegate who represents the 311 workers at the plant in south-west France.
The closure of the factory was originally announced back in December, with a door-closing date of April 17, but workers at the plant had proven hard to placate when it came to compensation and so Serge Foucher and his team had made the journey to the plant to discuss the matter when workers took the matter into their own hands.
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More than who makes tapes who on earth buys them.....
and so do the portuguese... well the do the old strike, but it doesn't really cut the cake now does it. Way to go frenchies!
But yeh... VHS?
I believe that's part of the negotiation tactic. They clearly knew what they were doing was going to be a risk. But it's being sure you let the other person know that you are willing to risk your self to stand up for what you know is right. That's the line most people aren't willing to cross and the reason why a lot of the free worlds governments are so willing to pass absolutely ridiculous legislation. Imagine if a city did this to it's mayor. What are the police going to shoot down an entire city? whats the average population to police ratio? besides the police are a part of that community too, it's making them understand that if they don't like something they have a voice against it too, as long as they haven't sold their soul to the badge.
I doubt it's VHS. The article just says video tape. Could be DV tapes, or high end betacam tapes... who knows.. Still... crazy stuff.
:p
^^^ You are now a geek, my son. ;)
I wonder if I could move to France, it would be nice to live somewhere they stand up for their rights instead of apathetically watching them being eroded away.
Really I'd be more worried about the Germans....
Thanks, great French history. :D No wonder they hate us Americans.
Anyways, they may have lost a couple [or more] wars but their people always do something about things they don't like. Do you remember the summer of the burning cars? ;)
POWER TO THE PROLS!
But yeah-- I've tried, on several occasions of getting the long hard dick of corporate sophistry, to get the people I work with to get up off their asses and storm out of their cubes-- to no avail. Nothing like putting in a long hard day to find out at the end of it that the all-time production high your team worked your asses off to obtain is now your new "standard" level of production.
**** like this makes me say that maybe management should fear their workers. If there's a chance a worker will put a gun to their head and ask nicely to not have some new bullshit implemented, how much harder will they push back in meetings with upper level to pass it down? When corporations realize their workforce is prepared to **** them up before they take one lying down, how much longer do you think the cycle of screwing over Joe Schmoe will perpetuate?
Go France!
Did you mean 'we drop to all fours and take it'? ;)