Striking French workers threaten to poison River Seine

August 22, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

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Workers at a near-bankrupt French trucking company are threatening to pour toxic waste into the River Seine unless laid-off staff are promised a bigger settlement.

Rouen – Workers at a near-bankrupt French trucking company are threatening to pour toxic waste into the River Seine unless laid-off staff are promised a bigger settlement.

Some 60 striking workers from a transport depot near the northwestern city Rouen want their employer, Serta, to pledge a settlement of 15,000 euros (21,000-dollars) over and above the legal minimum for each sacked worker.

If it refuses, they are threatening to pour 8,000 litres of fuel additives into the Cailly, a tributary of the Seine.

“This is our only weapon. There is no ultimatum and we are not about to carry out the threat, but we are demanding extra compensation of 15,000 euros per worker,” CFDT unionist Jean-Pierre Villemin said Thursday.

Serta employs 150 people across France, who will all be out of a job if the company is placed in liquidation by a commercial court next week.

Seventy-five will be sacked if the court, which met Thursday to examine the case, approves one of two buy-out offers currently on the table. The court’s decision is due next Thursday. Read full article…