Sony execs detained by workers over severance pay
When employees at Sony's operation in France didn't get severance packages they considered fair, they took matters into their own hands.
On Friday, union workers freed Serge Foucher, CEO of women's nike air max 97 Sony France, and Roland Bentz, head of human resources, from the company's factory in southwest France where they had been held since Thursday afternoon, according to a repo air max tn 360 rt by the Associated Press. Employees were angry over the terms of their severance, and kept the two from leaving as a way of protest.
The union representing the employees freed the air max87 two executives on the condition that Sony management restart discussions regarding the pay packages. The employees say they want vocational training to help them find new jobs, as well as relocati blue huarache on packages if necessary.
Sony announced it would be closing the plant, along with several others worldwide in an attempt to save the company $1.1 billion annually by 2010.
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Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In
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