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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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The manufacturing sector will benefit from two thirds of the 8,400 new Welsh jobs that Heathrow expansion will generate
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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
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...
- 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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