On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> <http://www.principiadialectica.co.uk/blog/?p=561>
>
> It has taken 23 suicides at France Telecom and a failed attempt to get
> the French State to intervene with some kind of press conference. The
> Minister Xavier Darcos was on hand to lessen the blow against the
> director of France Telecom. The suicides have come about because of
> the pressures at work, people are constantly move around the firm,
> they receive nasty text messages saying that they are worth nothing.
> And often can be left in rooms with nothing to do. France Telecom as
> the dalek in charge said during the press conference with the Minister
> Darcos said the firm was going through restructurations. To work for
> France Telecom is no joke, this FT syndrome is now being applied in
> many sectors of the world economy. To criticize work is not a luxury ,
> it is literally a matter of life and death. In this case it is about
> 23 people who have lost their lives on the altar of capital.
>
> see also <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/09/france-telecom-staff-suicides-phone>
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