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11-06-2010, 11:36 PM
A thread for Modern-day Robin Hoods around the world...
Story #1 - A Robin Hood in the French power industry...
Dominique Liot, who describes himself as the Robin Hood of electricity, said it was inexcusable that the energy giant was paying its chief executive millions while poor households were punished for being in arrears.
EDF has suspended Mr Liot for 21 days following his decision in April last year to switch back on the supply to a couple in the Midi-Pyrénées.
They were living on income support, had a two-year-old daughter and did not have the money (http://www.connexionfrance.com/money.php) to pay their bills.
"I don't regret what I did," Mr Liot told TF1 News. "Poor people still need energy for their home. When you look at the extraordinary salaries that our new chief executive Henri Proglio has granted himself, I think my fight looks all the more worthwhile."
Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was whistled in parliament yesterday as she attempted to explain why Mr Proglio was being paid for two jobs - €1.6 million for running EDF and €450,000 as non-executive chairman of its parent company Veolia. (from the January 22, 2010 article "EDF's 'Robin Hood' suspended from job (http://www.connexionfrance.com/news_articles.php?id=1344)" in The Connexion (http://www.connexionfrance.com/index.php) Brave Mr. Liot is actually part of a group of Robin Hoods within the French power industry labor union CGT-Energie. These individuals are secretly putting power back on for many people in France - against the orders of their company (EDF).
For forum French speakers, here is a link to a film about Mr. Liot and the French power worker Robin Hoods:
http://tvbruits.org/spip.php?article1361
Story #1 - A Robin Hood in the French power industry...
Dominique Liot, who describes himself as the Robin Hood of electricity, said it was inexcusable that the energy giant was paying its chief executive millions while poor households were punished for being in arrears.
EDF has suspended Mr Liot for 21 days following his decision in April last year to switch back on the supply to a couple in the Midi-Pyrénées.
They were living on income support, had a two-year-old daughter and did not have the money (http://www.connexionfrance.com/money.php) to pay their bills.
"I don't regret what I did," Mr Liot told TF1 News. "Poor people still need energy for their home. When you look at the extraordinary salaries that our new chief executive Henri Proglio has granted himself, I think my fight looks all the more worthwhile."
Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was whistled in parliament yesterday as she attempted to explain why Mr Proglio was being paid for two jobs - €1.6 million for running EDF and €450,000 as non-executive chairman of its parent company Veolia. (from the January 22, 2010 article "EDF's 'Robin Hood' suspended from job (http://www.connexionfrance.com/news_articles.php?id=1344)" in The Connexion (http://www.connexionfrance.com/index.php) Brave Mr. Liot is actually part of a group of Robin Hoods within the French power industry labor union CGT-Energie. These individuals are secretly putting power back on for many people in France - against the orders of their company (EDF).
For forum French speakers, here is a link to a film about Mr. Liot and the French power worker Robin Hoods:
http://tvbruits.org/spip.php?article1361