Posted on 01/06/2014 3:49:09 PM PST by dynachrome
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 mabor 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
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Don’t let unions and their Dem lawmakers get any such ideas here.
They are taking far too long to raze that factory and salt the earth behind them
I guess by Frenchy law they have to pay 240 eros per wroker when they are able to close the plant. Until then everyone is on full salary.
Welcome to socialism.
The french and unions are why I choose other brands. Stupid!
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