We think the headline of this story says it all, but read on if you must.
If you thought U.S. union bosses were tough, you should see what goes on in Serbia. That’s where Zoran Bulatovic, a union leader at a textile plant, cut off his own finger and ate it to protest wage cuts by his employer.
“We, the workers have nothing to eat, [so] we had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example,” Bulatovic told fascinated reporters.
He said he decided to act after his deputy, “a single mother of three, was the first to say she would cut off her finger. I could not allow her to do that.”
So, the union leader explained, he grabbed a hacksaw at work, sliced off a pinkie and munched away. That action was preceded by a 19-day hunger strike by workers at the plant. (Insert your own punchline.)
Bulatovic further noted that he wasn’t recommending the same type of protest to others because “it hurt like hell.”
