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A short introduction to and history of bossnapping - workers detaining their bosses in order to win demands - written by Evan Johnston.

American Factory Boss Held by Workers in Beijing Posted by Samuel Wade | Jun 24, 2013 “What they don’t understand is that they aren’t losing their jobs,” he said. He said his workers have misunderstood his intentions to move part of his manufacturing operations to India and instead believed he was closing up the entire shop. Speaking on Monday from behind the bars of a window of the 10-year-old factory that makes alcohol pads and diabetes equipment, Mr. Starnes apologized for his fatigu...

Citizen in this neighborhood. >> theres no question. i think 911 tapes, the emergency call tapes that came in yesterday are going to be the first swing of play, the prosecution thought it was for them, i thought they played just as well for the defense. youll hear people much better saying why. zimmerman is just one story in the lineup this morning. lots of news to get to. >> good morning to the 2005 you. good morning at home. an f-16 fighter jet goes down in suburban phoenix. both pilots ejecte...

Instructor on board managed to eject. this photo shows the men walking away from the scene minutes after the crash. no word on why the jet went down but witnesses say they heard the engine sputtering before the crash. airline food is known known -- isnt known for being very good and now is being blamed for making 16 people very ill. passengers started throwing up on a flight from istanbul to new york city. investigators are looking into whether the chicken they ate is the culprit. after six ...

Those employees are not being fired. >> it is not right but i dont know what else to do at this point in time. >>alisyn: starnes on a flight out of china bound for the united states. governor rick perry announced a second special session of the texas legislature. this is set for monday after a 13-hour filibuster by a democratic lawmaker, republicans were able to pass the abortion bill but it was later declared dead because some votes came after the midnight deadline. the measure would ban aborti...

Severance packages. however, these workers arent being let go. starnes says local officials forced him to meet demands. workers are expected to get wire transfers tomorrow. a daredevil defies death by walking a tightrope 1,500 feet above the colorado river. we had nick walenda on this show hast year. >> thats a view there, buddy. praise god, this is awesome. >> it took wallenda 22 minutes to walk a mile on the cable over the colorado river gorge. he paused and squatted down twice because of th...