Air France Executives Attacked By Activists After Company Cuts 2,900 Jobs

Air France Executives Have Shirts Torn Off After Cutting 2,900 Jobs

Employees and activists protesting the cutting of thousands of jobs at the headquarters of Air France stormed a meeting on Monday, leaving two company executives scrambling for their lives.

The managers had their shirts shredded from their bodies, and were forced to scale a fence before fleeing the scene under police protection at the offices in Roissy-en-France.

According to the Associated Press, more than a hundred activists broke through a gate before staging a protest in the meeting room.

The CEO of Air France-KLM, Alexandre de Juniac, announced on Friday that a long-standing disagreement with the pilots would lead to the slashing of thousands of jobs. The company, De Juniac said, was struggling from competition from low-cost airlines in Europe and Gulf carriers for longer-haul flights.

Air France said on Monday it would file a complaint for aggravated assault. Alain Vidalies, France's transport secretary, said the violence was "unacceptable and must be punished."

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