March 31， The factory director is being held along with the human resources
director, the head of personnel and two managers.
It was the third time in March that executives had been held by French
workers outraged at job losses sparked by the global economic crisis.
A manager of a factory run by 3M was held for more than 24 hours last week
and the boss of Sony France was detained overnight on March 12 by workers
seeking better redundancy packages.
