In early March, 2009, workers in southwestern France held the Chief Executive Officer and Human Resources Director of Sony France overnight, demanding a better severance package for workers who had been laid off.
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Further bossnappings took place in a worksite of Hewlett-Packard in France and a lock-in of managers occurred at tele-marketing firm Synovate in Auckland, New Zealand as a part of a labor dispute during a contract renegotiation there.
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During the same month, about 300 workers of a Toyota factory in Onnaing (Northern France) blocked all entrances and hindered all trucks to leave the premises.
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Later that month, workers at a pharmaceutical factory owned by 3M in Pithiviers held their boss in his office demanding similar concessions for laid-off workers as well as protections for remaining workers whose jobs had not been cut.