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Article: In crisis, French resort to 'bossnappings'
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David Jolly International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
04-03-2009
In crisis, French resort to 'bossnappings'
Byline: David Jolly International Herald Tribune
Edition: 4
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
PARIS: --
When negotiations over the restructuring of Caterpillar's operations the French city of Grenoble broke down this week, the workers did what more and more of their countrymen are doing these days: They took their bosses hostage.
The company executives, including Nicolas Polutnik, the chief executive of Caterpillar France, were subjected to a night of pounding revolutionary rock music and shouted threats, said Eric Amstutz, a spokesman in Geneva for Caterpillar's European ...