French unions want firms to ditch dividends in coronavirus crisis
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PARIS (Reuters) - French trade unions ramped up calls on Wednesday for companies to scrap shareholder dividend payments to conserve cash and show solidarity with workers during the coronavirus crisis.Companies worldwide have come under pressure to review dividend payouts as the crisis hits the global economy. European planemaker Airbus and U.S. rival Boeing have scrapped their 2019 dividends."It would be neither reasonable nor responsible for companies to pay dividends to their shareholders as..