French Factory workers bare all to save jobs

Factory workers bare all to save jobs

Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:25 pm ET
PARIS (Reuters) –

Workers at a crisis-hit boiler factory in France have stripped off for a nude calendar
in a bid to save 204 jobs slated for redundancy.

Staff at the Chaffoteaux et Maury factory in Brittany will use the proceeds to fund a trip
to Italy where they plan to stage a protest at their parent company, Ariston Thermo Group (ATG),
which pulled the plug on the site earlier this year.

"Our aim is to show there are workers here who will do anything to save their jobs,
even take their clothes off," said Brigitte Coadic, representative of the CGT union at the site
and the woman behind the calendar, which is due out in the autumn.

The operation is the latest in a line of colorful protest stunts by French workers after "bossnappings,"
threats to blow up factories or pollute the Seine river, as well as the traditional dumping of
agricultural produce by angry farmers.


But Coadic insists that the Chaffoteaux action, in which 13 male workers pose nude covered
only with masks or helmets, is completely peaceful.


"We don't want to destroy anything," she said. "We want to show what we can do,
tell the management that, if they keep us, we can turn all this media attention into something positive."



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KK wrote:

before i approve of this, where they men or women?

Reminds me of Calendar Girls - great movie.

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Joebert wrote:

Giada wrote:

KK wrote:

before i approve of this, where they men or women?

Reminds me of Calendar Girls - great movie.

THE FRENCH! That could be a hairy mess!

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Giada wrote:

Joebert wrote:

Giada wrote:

KK wrote:

before i approve of this, where they men or women?

Reminds me of Calendar Girls - great movie.

THE FRENCH! That could be a hairy mess!

oui oui

I saw some video clips of the Big Brother show over there. Good Grief - they are filthy (stinking) slobs.

Giada wrote:

KK wrote:

before i approve of this, where they men or women?

Reminds me of Calendar Girls - great movie.

did i see it?

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Giada wrote:

KK wrote:

before i approve of this, where they men or women?

Reminds me of Calendar Girls - great movie.

did i see it?

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