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Air France workers rip shirts from executives after airline cuts 2,900 jobs

Staff storm board meeting at Charles de Gaulle airport and force executives to flee, with one clambering over fence half-nakedStriking staff at Air France have taken demonstrating their anger with direct action to a shocking new level. Approximately 100 workers forced their way into a meeting of the airline's senior management and ripped the shirts from the backs of the executives.The airline filed a criminal complaint after the employees stormed its headquarters, near Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, in what was condemned as a 'scandalous' outbreak of violence.

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  • Air France workers rip shirts from executives after airline cuts 2,900 jobsStaff storm board meeting at Charles de Gaulle airport and force executives to flee, with one clambering over fence half-nakedStriking staff at Air France have taken demonstrating their anger with direct action to a shocking new level. Approximately 100 workers forced their way into a meeting of the airline's senior management and ripped the shirts from the backs of the executives.The airline filed a criminal complaint after the employees stormed its headquarters, near Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, in what was condemned as a 'scandalous' outbreak of violence.

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