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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= French Employees Hold Bosses Hostage Four higher-ups at the Caterpillar construction equipment office in Grenoble, France, were <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/31/france.hostages.caterpillar.workers/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail" title="taken hostage">taken hostage</a> on Tuesday by hundreds of employees demanding negotiations after the company announced it would cut 700 jobs. Even more startling is that this latest episode was but one of three similar boss-blockading incidents in France this month. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090331_french_employees_hold_bosses_hostage/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090331_french_employees_hold_bosses_hostage/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= French Employees Hold Bosses Hostage Four higher-ups at the Caterpillar construction equipment office in Grenoble, France, were <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/31/france.hostages.caterpillar.workers/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail" title="taken hostage">taken hostage</a> on Tuesday by hundreds of employees demanding negotiations after the company announced it would cut 700 jobs. Even more startling is that this latest episode was but one of three similar boss-blockading incidents in France this month. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090331_french_employees_hold_bosses_hostage/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090331_french_employees_hold_bosses_hostage/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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