French Renault workers take managers captive in bid to stop factory sale

Carmaker condemns latest bossnapping' by union activists, who held men for 12 hours

Workers trying to block the sale of a Renault car parts factory held seven managers against their will for 12 hours in the latest bossnapping" to hit French industry.

Managers at the Fonderie de Bretagne, a foundry near the town of Lorient, in Brittany, north-west France, that has been put up sale, were held by union activists on Tuesday morning and prevented from going home until 10.30pm.