In France, mobilization is organized among Renault workers in Maubeuge, in the north of the country.
This Friday, they learned with dismay that the group planned to close their factory.
This Saturday, they organized a march to demand the maintenance of the site.
At the head of the procession, alongside the union leaders, there were several local elected representatives.
It must be said that the economic impact is enormous: more than 2,000 people are employed in this Renault factory in Maubeuge.
” We are the “Chinese” of the Renault group, that’s what we are told, drops an angry worker. We do everything we can, and there, Renault wants to let us go? It’s a feeling of foutage of mouth! ”
” I’m sad, adds another employee from the factory. We never would have thought of that 20 years ago, even yesterday. Yesterday, I didn’t believe it! “
Mobilization in Barcelona
Mobilization is also being organized in Barcelona, Spain. There, it is the Nissan factory that is doomed. And as in Maubeuge in France, thousands of families are affected.
The 5 billion loan
The Renault-Nissan alliance presented a new strategy earlier this week to cut costs in order to remain competitive.
It’s about producing less and differently. And this requires a redefinition of the production sites.
The anger of Renault employees is all the more intense as the diamond brand has been promised a loan guaranteed by the French State of 5 billion euros.
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