Another stupid judge

[YogsVR4]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...27/cnest27.xml

The Swiss food giant has been told to re-launch production at the chocolate and Nescafe plant outside Marseilles, employing 427 workers.

It was closed in June after nine years of mounting problems. Capacity usage had fallen to 30pc, chiefly due to falling demand for a strain of decaf coffee produced at the site.

The profitable bits have since been switched to plants in Italy, Spain and northern France.

Nestle called the ruling "unbelievable and unprecedented", claiming that it abridged its basic freedom to manage its operations.

"This plant has no chance of ever making money in the long-term. We offered all workers jobs within the group in other parts of France, or early retirement for those over 55," said François-Xavier Pellourd, the company spokesman.

The judge said Nestle had breached France's strict code on plant closures and questioned whether the move was justified on commercial grounds.

Nestle said it would obey the court but denied breaking French law. "We have fully complied at every step of the way, even though it is an extremely long and complex process. We've asked the court to specify what the ruling means because we don't understand what we are supposed to have done wrong."

The French CGT union has accused the firm of a de facto "lock-out" to clear the way to shift production to cheaper facilities abroad.

"Nowadays, it is prohibited to close factories in a savage fashion," said Elise Brand, the union's lawyer.

"Nestle claims that it is doing this because it has lost contracts. But it has not lost these contracts. The orders will be filled from its factories in Russia, Spain, or Portugal."

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So a judge can order a business to lose money now?

[Ace$nyper]

wow I can't think of another word then stoooooooopid!

[TheStang00]

Originally Posted by Ace$nyper

wow I can't think of another word then stoooooooopid!

[Steel]

It's the French. Whaddya expect?

[YogsVR4]

Originally Posted by Steel

It's the French. Whaddya expect?

Someone to threaten to beat them up and for them to issue an immediate surrender?

[2strokebloke]

I don't know. If I were Nestles lawyer I'd at least make a comment to the effect of "we will try to comply to this ruling, but... you know... accidents happen, sometimes factories just implode randomly. We could do nothing about such a situation"