This year’s salary increase not up to your standards? Your request for a promotion denied?
Why not retaliate by kidnapping your boss? It’s the latest fad in France.
There have been more than five “bossnapping” incidents connected with labor disputes so far this year. No violence or weapons are involved. Union officials simply detain executives until their demands are met (which has happened) or let them go when further negotiations are promised.
(Source: Agence France-Presse and The Times)
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