Friday, March 09, 2012

French electrician faces sack for not cutting off power in poor households...

French energy company ErDF is considering firing a technician because he refused to cut the power in poor households.

Jef Duval, a technician working for ErDF, a French energy company, says "he just couldn’t do it". The 23-year-old worker refused cut the power off for a family who had not paid their bills.

"When this person opened the door, she had two children in her arms, three others sitting on the floor," says Duval in an interview with France Info, "I just couldn’t cut the electricity, I couldn’t do it." Full story...

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