Air France executive shirt-shredding attack was price to pay for democracy
attacked by protesting workers has described his ordeal as "the price to pay for democracy". Xavier Broseta, the airline's vice president of human resources, was pushed to ... ......
View ArticleAir France executive: shirt-shredding attack was 'price to pay for democracy'
Xavier Broseta says he bears no grudges over Paris attack by airline workers but insists redundancy plans must go ahead...
View ArticleThat’s torn it: Four Air France employees sacked over shirt-ripping attack on...
Air France said it had sacked four employees and started dismissal proceedings against a union representative over chaotic scenes last month when two of its executives had their shirts shredded by...
View ArticleAir France plans 1,000 voluntary job cuts in 2016
PARIS, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Air France, France's leading flag carrier, would slash about 1,000 posts next year as part of a restructuring plan that triggered violent protests and scuffles, Alexandre de...
View ArticleProtesting workers force Air France managers to flee
Click photo to enlarge Air France director of Human Ressources, Xavier Broseta, right, and Air France assistant director long-haul flight, Pierre Plissonnier, center, are protected by a police officer...
View ArticleFive Air France workers face trial in December
Paris (AFP) - Five Air France employees will stand trial on December 2 for their alleged role in violent scenes last week during which one of the struggling airline's executives had his shirt ripped...
View ArticleAir France managers flee as staff storm meeting on job cuts
Air France managers fled a meeting on Monday about mass job cuts after angry staff waving banners and flags stormed the room. The airline’s human resources and labour relations chief, Xavier Broseta,...
View ArticlePhotos: After announcing 2,900 job cuts, Air France bosses fled a violent...
Air France executives were run out of their own meeting today (Oct. 5), by employees protesting at the airline’s headquarters at Charles de Gaulle airport, just outside Paris. The meeting had been...
View ArticleAir France protests: five workers arrested after shirt-ripping scenes
Suspects reportedly working for airline’s cargo and freight business detained a week after violent demonstrations against 2,900 job losses...
View ArticleAir France employees have been arrested for ripping clothes off fleeing managers
PARIS (Reuters) - Police arrested several Air France workers at their homes early on Monday as investigators tracked down protesters who hounded executives from a meeting about mass job cuts last week...
View ArticleClass Struggle at Air France
On Monday, about 100 employees stormed an Air France management and union official meeting that was discussing dramatic job cuts. As the negotiations had been making no progress, the staff became...
View ArticleAir France to Replace HR Chief With Aide to Premier After Attack
Air France will bring in an aide to French Prime Minister Manuel Valls as human resources chief after the incumbent became embroiled in a tussle with protesters who ripped off his shirt at a briefing...
View ArticleThe Air France protesters were desperate, frightened people, not a violent mob
On Monday, about 100 employees stormed an Air France management and union official meeting that was discussing dramatic job cuts. As the negotiations had been making no progress, the staff became...
View ArticleSix arrested over Air France violence
Paris (AFP) - Six Air France employees were arrested Monday for their role in a violent protest that forced an executive for the struggling airline to flee an angry mob after his shirt was ripped off....
View ArticleMost French 'understand' irate Air France workers: poll
Paris (AFP) - A majority of French people "understand" the behaviour of striking Air France workers who attacked two of the airline's managers this week, ripping their clothes, a poll to be published...
View ArticleWorkers attack Air France managers, forcing them to flee
Click photo to enlarge Air France director of Human Ressources, Xavier Broseta, right, and Air France assistant director long-haul flight, Pierre Plissonnier, center, are protected by a police officer...
View ArticleFive arrested over Air France violence
Paris (AFP) - Five Air France employees were arrested Monday over the violent scenes that saw an executive for the struggling airline have his shirt ripped off as he fled an angry mob, police sources...
View ArticleAir France workers arrested following job cuts protest
Police arrested several Air France workers at their homes early on Monday as investigators tracked down protesters who hounded executives from a meeting about mass job cuts last week and tore the...
View ArticleAir France managers flee after staff storm meeting
Air France managers fled a meeting on Monday about mass job cuts after angry staff waving banners and flags stormed the room, according to Reuters journalists at the scene. The airline’s human...
View ArticleAir France Staff Held Overnight as Police Probe Attacks
Five Air France staff were held overnight for questioning by prosecutors following last week’s violent attacks on managers at a meeting on job cuts, with the arrests triggering more protests by...
View ArticleRipped Shirts, Mauled Executives Force France to Fight Bad Image
This isn’t France. That’s what a string of French government officials came out to say on Tuesday as images of Air France executives assaulted by angry employees, with their shirts ripped off or in...
View ArticleProtesters Tear Air France Executives’ Shirts From Their Backs (17 photos)
On Monday, October 5, union activists protesting against proposed layoffs at Air France-KLM broke through fences and disrupted a meeting,...
View ArticleAir France-KLM CEO and Employees Prefer to Grow, Not Shrink
Air France-KLM Group said it may still be able to grow, rather than shrink, if unions that rejected pay freezes and measures to boost productivity can reach an agreement soon with management that will...
View ArticleAir France executive 'almost lynched' as jobs dispute turns violent
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Air France-KLM's human resources manager was "almost lynched" Monday by striking workers, who stripped him of his shirt in a protest over the ailing airline's plan to cut 2,900...
View ArticleHollande warns Air France violence 'could harm country's image'
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday scenes of Air France executives fleeing an angry mob after having their shirts ripped off by striking workers were "unacceptable" and put the...
View ArticleAir France’s long-running spat with workers erupts into violence
Air France’s long-running spat with workers over cost cuts erupted into violence as protesters stormed a meeting where managers were presenting plans for 2,900 jobs cuts, causing executives to flee...
View ArticleAir France Execs Forced to Flee as Angry Workers Storm Meeting
Two Air France executives were forced to flee a meeting on Monday when a group of protesting workers stormed the company's headquarters at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France. Several people...
View ArticleAir France executives chased from jobs talks
Two Air France managers have had their shirts torn as they were forced to flee a meeting on job cuts by angry workers. Human resources manager Xavier Broseta and senior official Pierre Plissonnier had...
View ArticleNear lynching of Air France chiefs leads to national outrage
The French political class and trade union movement have unanimously condemned the near lynching of two Air France executives on Monday. “I came to Air France because Air France is in shock and when...
View ArticleNear lynching of Air France executives leads to national outrage
The French political class and trade union movement have unanimously condemned the near lynching of two Air France executives on Monday. “I came to Air France because Air France is in shock and when...
View ArticleAir France plans 2,900 job cuts, workers storm meeting and attack executives
On Monday, Air France executives announced that nearly 2,900 jobs are on the chopping block for the first time since the 1990s. But the announcement and executive meeting, held at Paris’ Charles de...
View ArticleAir France violence 'could harm country's image': Hollande
Paris (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday scenes of Air France executives fleeing an angry mob after having their shirts ripped off by striking workers were "unacceptable" and put...
View ArticleAir France workers storm board meeting as airline cuts 2,900 jobs
Executives have clothes torn off them as staff protest at Charles de Gaulle airport, with one fleeing over a fence half-naked...
View ArticleAir France workers attack managers after job cuts flagged
Air France executives were forced to flee with their clothes in tatters after workers stormed a meeting at Charles de Gaulle airport in protest at 2,900 planned job cuts. Human resources chief Xavier...
View ArticleFurious Air France staff storm company’s central committee meeting protesting...
Angry workers at Air France have attacked and ripped the shirts from the backs of two company executives after the airline announced 2,900 job losses on Monday morning. Several hundred employees were...
View ArticleWatch angry Air France staff storm meeting, strip shirts of executives
Striking workers have stormed an Air France senior board meeting where they ripped the shirts off company executives during the brawl. The incident happened as a group of around 100 workers striking...
View ArticleFour Air France employees sacked over shirt-ripping incident
Paris (AFP) - Air France said Thursday it had sacked four employees and started dismissal proceedings against a union representative over chaotic scenes last month when two of its executives had their...
View ArticleAfter Air France Executives Mobbed By Employees, French Government Gets Involved
1:45 PM ET Brakkton Booker Twitter i Security and police officers help Pierre Plissonnier, an executive in Air France's long-haul flight unit, to climb over a fence after several hundred employees...
View ArticleAir France protest scenes unacceptable, says Hollande
President says violence at airline’s Paris HQ, which saw workers tear shirts off executives’ backs, is bad for France’s image...
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