Factory workers in France go on strike because boss can't speak French!!!

French workers have staged an uprising with cries of 'Anglo-Saxon imperialism' - because their British boss can't speak the native tongue.

The 184 staff at Thermal Ceramics, an English company based in France, are holding walk-outs every day because discussions over their wages were getting lost in translation.

Thierry Juvin, who represents the workers in Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez, in the Loire Valley, said: 'We say "hello" in French but then communication stops. Every meeting is an ordeal.'

He said workers at the factory, which makes ceramic fibre insulation, wanted to discuss increasing their salaries and improving working conditions, but it was proving impossible. More...

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