French boilermakers bare all to save jobs

WOULD YOU POSE in the nude to save your job? That’s exactly what union workers at a boiler-making plant in northern France are attempting. Some 200 jobs are slated to be cut at the Chaffoteaux et Maury factory in Brittany. Thirteen workers will go au naturel, wearing only helmets and masks, for photos that will appear in a special calendar. The workers, members of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), hope the calendar will fund a trip to Italy, where they can protest the job cuts before their parent company, Ariston Thermo Group. Oui, oui.