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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.
Patrick McLoughlin tells unions to 'stop whingeing' about Northern rail services
The Transport Secretary dismissed fears about trains without guards and revealed plans for an Oyster-card style system for the region
Heathrow's expansion could create up to 6,000 manufacturing jobs in Wales, according to a study
The manufacturing sector will benefit from two thirds of the 8,400 new Welsh jobs that Heathrow expansion will generate
New images of Heathrow Airport's proposed third runway revealed
Images showing a new central terminal area and business park, as part of Heathrow's third runway expansion plans, have been released by the airport
Tuesday, 06 October 2015
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Financial Times
- Air France bosses attacked in jobs protestHR chief’s shirt ripped from his back at staff meeting about plans to axe 2,900 posts
The Guardian
- Air France protests – in picturesHundreds of employees storm airline board meeting in Paris after it announces 2,900 job losses, leading to clashes with company executives Continue reading...
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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.
The Herald
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The Independent
- Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin kept quiet about rail crisis until after general electionThe Independent revealed in March that chairman Richard Parry-Jones, the former Ford Motor Company executive, was going to lose his job
The Telegraph
- Letters: People living near Heathrow want speedy airport expansion thereBack Heathrow and 2,000 London residents voice their support for expansion at Heathrow
City AM
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Mail Online
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Derby Telegraph
- Derby Telegraph published Arriva, please rethink rerouting of No. 37 busI WOULD like to add my voice to those of your other correspondents who are protesting about the re-routing of the No. 37 bus service away from the bus station.As someone who lives on part of Stenson Road where this is the only service, I know that this will make things much worse, not better.Firstly, many people wish to connect with other buses at the bus station. They will now have to walk to and from Babington Lane and the bus station. This may not be a problem for the fit and able but ...
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Patrick McLoughlin tells unions to 'stop whingeing' about Northern rail servicesThe Transport Secretary dismissed fears about trains without guards and revealed plans for an Oyster-card style system for the region
The York Press
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This Is Local London Network
- Heathrow meeting set for RichmondWith the Government's decision on expanding Heathrow imminent, a public meeting is set to be held in Richmond.
Wales Online
- Heathrow's expansion could create up to 6,000 manufacturing jobs in Wales, according to a study The manufacturing sector will benefit from two thirds of the 8,400 new Welsh jobs that Heathrow expansion will generate
Burnley Express
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Get West London
- New images of Heathrow Airport's proposed third runway revealedImages showing a new central terminal area and business park, as part of Heathrow's third runway expansion plans, have been released by the airport
North Wales Live
- Bus company agrees to trial cross-Mersey night buses – six months after the previous service was axed because of falling passenger numbers Stagecoach will run night service from Liverpool to Chester on November 28 and December 5, 12, and 19.
Other Regional Press
- Mile-and-a-half Lancashire road with 88 holesThere may be 4,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire, but one sleepy village nearby can boast almost 90 on just one short stretch of road.
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Railnews
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Aviation Industry
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- Heathrow releases images of third runwayPictures include new central terminal area and business park
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