French workers take matters into their own hands! Take the boss hostage!

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by quexos

In other words it's Sony's fault for not "retooling" as you put it. Therefore these guys are within their rights because they are losing their jobs and the IDIOTS over at Sony who did not think of retooling will continue to be on payroll and with a few more digits in their checks at the end of the month.

Always the same story, big guys f***-up and little guys pay the bill ...

Sony didn't retool because they have already got a massive DVD replication plant just across the border in Austria, it serves the whole of Europe and Africa.

The simple fact is that these guys are unfortunately surplus to requirements. Sad, yes, but in this economy a company can't afford to keep anyone on just because they should or because they can.