Unions call for French firms to ditch dividends over coronavirus
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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, with European planemaker Airbus on Monday joining U.S. rival Boeing in scrapping its 2019 dividend."It would be neither reasonable nor responsible for companies to pay dividends to their..