Anheuser-Busch staff take bosses hostage
Stella-Artois - 09.01.2010 01:09
Workers at an Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in eastern Belgium have taken their bosses hostage after an announcement of layoffs at the world's biggest brewer, local media reports.
"We are demanding that the (company's) senior managers come here and call off the layoffs," Marc Devenne, a union representative was quoted as saying by the Belga news agency.
RTBF radio reported that about 10 managers at the plant were being held in a meeting room in an office building located next to the plant.
Anheuser-Busch InBev announced on Thursday a tenth of the company's 3,000 employees in Belgium will be laid off due to declining beer consumption in the country.
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