At HP France, union conflicts go through weblogs as well
Last week, Jean-Paul Vouiller, a CFTC (French union) union activist called Hewlett-Packard's employees for using weblogs as a means to coordinate their action and give their opinions on the current HP's scheduled lay-off program. You probably know that very recently, short after IBM's massive series of lay-offs in Europe, HP laid off 14,000 people in Europe, whose 1,240 from France. The blog, more than a means of pressure, has become a strong and powerful union tool.