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WORKERS AT AIR France have angrily pulled the shirts from the backs of the airline’s executives at the company’s headquarters.
Situated near to the Roissy airport in Paris, a large number of employees gathered outside to protest against wide-reaching job cuts.
A number of union activists then stormed the executive meeting, focusing their ire against two of the company’s senior managers.
The two executives caught up in the protest were director of HR Xavier Broseta and assistant director of long-haul flights, Pierre Plissonnier.
Air France CEO Frederic Gagey was also present at the meeting but made a hasty exit.
AFP is reporting that one union delegate said that Broseta “was almost lynched” by the protesters.
The meeting of executives had been taking place to announced the planned restructuring.
The Guardian is reporting that a restructuring being undertaken by the company will see the loss of 1,700 ground staff, 900 cabin crew and 300 pilots over the next two years.
Air France is currently running at a loss and struggling in the face of global competition.
Following the incident, management condemned the violence and said that it would be making a report to police.
The protesting workers today were made up of ground staff, stewards and hostesses.
The company is currently seeking voluntary redundancies from its workers but has not ruled out moving to make these compulsory.
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Always thought those claims were a little sketchy…
Typical American culture . They would lose weight by the very nature they might get up off their asses and do some walking in the damn things !
What sort of fool thinks shoes alone make you lose weight ? Oh right I’ll get the trainers and sit on the sofa eating nachos . If used for the purpose designed they can only be good .
My orthopedic surgeon actually recommended those Shape-Up shoes to me after a knee op. The curve of the sole is supposed to stop you from placing too much strain on any one part of the knee when standing for prolonged periods of time. I have to say, they seemed to do the trick for me.
I had a hip repair at the age of 52 and I found the these were the making of me I can walk so well with them I have not worn anything else since in almost 2 years and my recovery was so much easier because of the shape. I was using a stick to walk and was getting pain on short walks but within about 3-4 weeks I could walk for about an hour2 years on has anyone got any suggestions for my shoulder had a repair done with that but my sketchers will not fit the shoulder
Will there ever be a day when politicians can be fined for false and misleading claims?
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We wish
Was reading through the comments and thought to myself its nice not to read a post tying this article to the government and then I came across your one! ok ya we get it the government is shit but do ye need to constantly give out about them on unrelated articles?
Yip I wear nothing but MBTs or Skechers since getting 2 new hips and 2 new knees and am flying on them. Regular flat sole shoes puts way too much stress on the join and leaves muscles mort fatigued. They are pricey, but you can always shop about!
I don’t think companies in Ireland can get fined for misleading or false claims in adverts. Advertising Authority can only make them withdraw their adverts
But they did work for me I would not wear anything else now I have A pair of the shape up runners a black pair of black and a pair of White shoes all shape ups and I have 3 pair of the flip flops. So so comfortable and as someone said in an earlier post you can only shape up by doing exercise by getting up off the chair and doing some but I found that my sketchers help a great deal because I find them to be so comfortable
I wear Mephistos. They help me to lose weight because I have to work so many more hours to pay for them.
Sketchers don’t really care. The have dropped that shoe and are at it again with a new range of ‘conceptual shoes’. They probably make more than $40m profit in Irl & UK alone.
The US trade commission will probably go after Reebok Easytone next. Their ads were banned for the same reason. Apparently all their claims were based on a survey that one guy was paid to write.
The only footwear company who seem to have genuine scientific research is a small Swiss science company called SpringBoost, but they run the risk of vanishing into obscurity because they don’t have the marketing clout to cope with these big footwear companies dodgy advertising. Apparently, im some country’s you can get SpringBoost on the local VHI health scheme. Can’t see that happening in Ireland.
Shite shoes
great shoes 40euros in barrets in town
I thought that was they were supposed to do??! My bad!!
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