Angry French Union So Called Workers Take Two Bosses
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by Tyler Durden
Workers at a tire plant in Northern France
have taken two managers hostage until
Goodyear (the firm that owns the
plant and has been trying to shutter it for years) meets the major unions demands, WSJ reports, as Goodyear winds down operations with
the plant almost idle, French labor law requires the company to
keep all workers employed, which means many of them don't work
more than a couple of hours a day while still getting full salary. The
situation is why Titan International's Maurice Taylor blasted that he
"would be stupid" to operate the plant on that basis.
The saga of the capitalist vs the socialist goes on with Round 3, following
round 1 in which the "Titan CEO Crushes Socialist "Work Ethic", Tells
France "You Can Keep Your So-Called Workers" and round 2 in which "Socialist France Responds To Titan CEO, Hilarity Ensues." With the entire
"developed" world now a real-time parody of itself, in which the
truth about the true state of affairs is only revealed in grotesque, farcical,
ad-hominem repartees between various members of the insolvent status quo
plutocracy, we can only hope for many more rounds of this didactic back and
forth.
Excerpted from Titan CEO Maurice Taylor's follow up letter in response to Arnaud Montebourg's letter responding to Maurice Taylor.
You letter shows the extent to which your political class is out of touch with real world problems.
You call me an extremist, but most businessmen would agree that I must be nuts to have the idea to spend millions of US dollars to buy a tyre factory in France paying some of the highest wages in the world.
Your letter did not mention why the French government has not stepped in to rescue this Goodyear tyre factory.
The extremist, Mr Minister, is your government and the lack of knowledge about how to build a business.
Your government let the wackos of the communist union destroy the highest paying jobs.
At no time did Titan ask for lower wages; we asked only if you want seven hours pay, you work at least six.
France does have beautiful women and great wine.
PS: My grandmother named my father after French entertainer Maurice Chevalier, and I inherited the name.
I have visited Normandy with my wife. I know what we did for France.
But now, Goodyear is entangled in legal
proceedings with unions representing workers, led by the communist-backed
CGT... and their actions have re-escalated... (via WSJ)
Workers at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. factory in northern France prevented two managers from leaving the facility on Monday, the latest in a string of protests by union members who were accused by a U.S. executive last year of doing little work.
...
Mickaël Wamen, a union representative, said the managers would be held until workers get a satisfactory response to their requests. He said the managers already have been informed that they will spend the night at the site.
Goodyear, of Akron, Ohio, has been trying to shut the plant for several years, but is entangled in legal proceedings with unions representing workers, led by the communist-backed CGT. Efforts to sell the factory to U.S. tire maker Titan International Inc. hit the headlines last year, after Titan Chief Executive Maurice Taylor blasted French labor laws and work habits.
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