Striking employees of FCI Microconnections gather at the entrance of their factory in Mantes-La-Jolie, west of Paris, April 1st, 2009. Assembly lines employees of the factory, which produces microchips and is owned since 2005 by US investment fund Bain Capital, are on strike since February 24, 2009, in a fear of a possible move of the production to Singapore. Photo by Etienne de Malglaive/ABACAPRESS.COM