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Another day, another French bossnapping

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Following the announcement of 550 redundancies at French television broadcast operator TDF, workers detained the executive chairman.

Some 600 workers entered the building and kept Patrick Babin in his office until they departed to join a protest march.

The 550 redundancies are from a workforce of 2,400.

The group is owned by Texas Pacific, the American investment fund, and Axa, the French insurer.

There have been bossnappings at several firms in France this year including Sony, 3M, Caterpillar, and Scapa, the British glue maker.

Topics: Politics & Regulation, 3m, axa, bossnapping, caterpillar, employees, europe, france, industrial action, media & internet, redundancies, scapa (british glue maker), sony, tdf (french broadcast operator), texas pacific

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	dakotaranger on 24 Jun 2009	Yeah, I know public education it should have been, 'is not prosecuted.'

	dakotaranger on 24 Jun 2009	Well, that's nothing a good .45 wouldn't stop, well since it's France I should a say a 9 mm. Doesn't France have armed security? Isn't there an illegal detention law in France? I'm glad I'm an American, that is just uncivilized that a kidnapping is prosecuted.