Since the global “recession” has been in full effect, there have been several cases of worker uprisings in France of all places. The latest uprising was diffused this past friday in Tonneins, south-western France. It seems as though the french warehouse workers at the JLG Industries facilities were protesting the layoff of 53 workers and threatened to blow up fuel tanks on the plant they were working on unless the corporation gave a $42,000 dollar severance bonus for each of the workers. The corporation evidently acquiesced and forked the money over.
There is another incident where workers are threatening to go BOOM, if money is not exchanged, from the BBC article:
Meanwhile, a tense stand-off continues at the bankrupt New Fabris car plant in Chatellerault, south-west of Paris, where workers have also made a threat to blow up the factory.
They have given a 31 July deadline for Renault and Peugeot, which provided 90% of the plant’s work, to pay them 30,000 euros each.
Renault and PSA Peugeot said it was not their responsibility to pay workers.
Who knew that the French would rise up and essentially commit terroristic acts against their masters and walk away with piles of cash? What an unpredictable world we live in.
