French 3M workers barricade boss in office

C'est le BOFH

KZZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTT is the same in any language.

Sacre` Bleu!

If only the French were so determined and strong willed at stopping invaders as they are at starting protests and strikes =P

heh

I like it, these guys get my full support for creating the UK ID Cards

From behind a wardrobe

"Rousselet told Reuters from behind the wardrobe"

When I read that I couldn't help but hear it in my head in a muffled voice.

3M!!!!!!

Reminds me of the time when I was involved in a sudo sado massacistic scenario involving sticky tape, post it notes and one of those dispsable dust masks which, as any beard toting woman will tell you never quite eliminate the risk of asbestos exposure!

Fired

So instead of laying them off, now they can be sacked for gross misconduct? Surely holding your manager hostage is a sack-able offence! In the words of Alan Partridge, "Cash back!" for 3M

redundancy

Is it just me who understands that redundancy is usually down to a lack of money, due to poor commercial performance. So many people who work within a large organisation haev no real grasp of the economics of how business works.

Also (at least in the UK), you have to make the position redundant, not the person... so you cannot simply use it to get rid of people.

In Germany the rules say you have to make your 'Best' people redundant, which is just plain daft when the company is loosing money.

It's kinda like the banking staff (who work in branches as apposed to investment bankers) still demanding a bonus despite the group making a massive loss.

Just where is it these folk think the money is supposed to come from????

And perhaps more importantly, why do they think they will see it and it wont go directly to share holders.

WTF???

Where'd they get the wardrobe from????

Cue El Reg re-enactment a la Mobile...

sack em all

that's what i'd do. Bunch of no good - we strike because we are french- tossers

In two minds.

First of all, I'd like to say that I despise companies which sack *workers* because "financial hardship" which are due to Management's inability to adapt with the time - same Management which usually doesn't get sacked until the company goes bankrupt (and even then). Frankly, I think there should be a "ratio" where at least one manager from every level up the chain should be fired before you get down to the workers. Might actually get managers to pull their finger out.

Second, though, while I accept strike actions, etc..., this is "deprivation of liberty" which is, so far as I know, a criminal offence in most Western countries. I do not condone it - and if you do, think about how *you* would feel if (say) one of your clients locked you in your room/office because they were unhappy with your service/work?

This behaviour is unacceptable in civilised society. I'm beginning to think Mr Ghandi was right about Western Civilisation..

@Am I alone?

Due to their policies though they have massive unemployment amongst the under 30s due to the "job for life" mentality.

And he ain't stealing it, he's got a contract, if the people in charge of looking over the contract were too incompetent to do something about it that's their fault. Sure big business messed up but heyho it was government that gave them the rope to do it, it was government that changed the rules managing holding banks, government reduced the amount of cash they had to have, government that ripped the heart out of the bank of england and gave its regulatory role to a bunch of civil servants, but nobodys blaming them. The "but everyone else gave them rope too" excuse used by gordo and chums doesn't hold up. Our countries balance sheet is in tatters not becouse of the banks, but becouse of government policy.

Place the blame where it belongs, squarly on New Labours door step.