US boss, 'The Grizz', ridicules 'lazy' French workers

A straight-talking US businessman has caused an international row by blasting the French work ethic.

US boss, 'The Grizz', ridicules 'lazy' French workers
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 - 07:22

A straight-talking US businessman has caused an international row by blasting the French work ethic.

Maurice Taylor, of tyre-maker Titan International, wrote a no-holds-barred letter to the French industrial renewal minister Arnaud Montebourg.

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