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 Workers facing lay off and hoping to win themselves a better severance package, became the latest French employees to kidnap their bosses as a bargaining tactic. Workers at a printing factory nabbed the bosses on Tuesday evening, and are holding them 'without violence.' https://www.thelocal.fr/20140129/bossnappers-strike-again-in-france Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:39:00 +0100 bossnappers-strike-again-in-france It could be seen as a classic case of French solidarity or just an example of a disobedient worker, but an employee at Veolia in France has been sacked for refusing to cut off the water supply to poor families. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130419/sacked-for-refusing-to-cut-off-poor-families-water Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:03:00 +0200 sacked-for-refusing-to-cut-off-poor-families-water