Paris, April 27: A worker of France Telecom-Orange has committed suicide by setting himself on fire at the company’s premises near the southwestern city of Bordeaux.
Authorities say the 57-year-old man set himself alight in a car park at France Telecom premises near Bordeaux.
The father of four and a member of the CFDT union monitored working conditions, health and safety, several union sources said.
The man had been with France Telecom-Orange for 30 years and had recently faced complications in the company by constantly being placed from one post to another.
Only in 2010, there were 27 suicides in the company and one so far in 2011. In 2008 and 2009 over 30 suicides were reported.
The deaths prompted questions about stress, management and the company’s program of job cuts, which began in 2004.
France Telecom-Orange operates France’s national telephone service, employs 100,000 people and runs the major mobile provider Orange.
——–Agencies