1.   The statue disappeared last Thursday after a reception at the museum for regional works committees.

2.   These include an increase in the mandatory pay-out to sacked workers, a right to re-training under full contract and enhanced powers for works committees.

3.   The Fokker works committee has announced the creation of a rescue fund.

4.   The internal source also said that the works committee of Airbus France was to examine Thursday the cost cuts that could be implemented in France.

5.   The job cuts are to be put to a meeting of the works committee on Tuesday in Coquelles, near the northern French port of Calais.