Red action at the Moulin

Paris - The heat is on at the celebrated Moulin Rouge cabaret with a stagehands' strike well into its second week and management…

Paris - The heat is on at the celebrated Moulin Rouge cabaret with a stagehands' strike well into its second week and management facing a court order to negotiate with the strikers or pay a fine.

After management suspended 19 strikers in reprisal for downing tools, the stagehands took the show to the street, where they have been busy handing out leaflets titled "Terrorism at the Moulin Rouge" to puzzled tourists amid the blare of revolutionary songs.

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