The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French workers threaten to blow up factory With boss-napping apparently a passé option, French workers angry over planned layoffs at a vacuum factory have threatened to blow up the plant where they work. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140930/angry-french-workers-threaten-to-blow-up-factory Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:39:00 +0200 angry-french-workers-threaten-to-blow-up-factory French factory workers in last-ditch plea to Obama Workers at a doomed French factory have called upon the President of the United States to come to their aid in their hour of need. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130226/french-factory-workers-plea-to-obama-for-help Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:46:00 +0100 french-factory-workers-plea-to-obama-for-help France loses 1000 factories in four years The extent of the decline of France’s ailing industrial sector was laid bare on Tuesday, with the publication of a report stating over 1000 factories had closed since January 2009. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130205/france-loses-1000-factories-in-just-four-years Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:45:00 +0100 france-loses-1000-factories-in-just-four-years