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Last summer, PSA Peugeot Citroen announced that it would close its Aulnay plant near Paris and slash 8,000 jobs in a cost-cutting effort to minimize its losses, which were €819 million (US$990 million) in the first month of 2012 alone.
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Peugeot Workers Protest Layoffs, Company Says Strikes Happen Every Month
Last summer, PSA Peugeot Citroen announced that it would close its Aulnay plant near Paris and slash 8,000 jobs in a cost-cutting effort to minimize its losses, which were €819 million (US$990 million) in the first month of 2012 alone.
Today, 300 of its workers belonging to the CGT, one of France’s more radical unions, went on strike at said plant. They may account for just 10 percent of the factory's 3,000-strong workforce, but they were able to “paralyze†the facility as most of them worked on production.
Read more »- All-new Acura Nsx To Be Built In New Ohio Facility From 2015
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Ford of Europe's decision to close its Genk plant in Belgium and leave some 4,300 workers without a job by the end of 2014 didn't sit well with the factory's employees. Some 250 workers from the Genk plant travelled in busses from Belgium...
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French automobile group PSA Peugeot-Citroen has announced a major restructuring plan that will see the company shutting down one factory and axing some 8,000 jobs in its home market as a response to dwindling sales in Europe. For the first time in two...
- Vw To Hire 800 New Workers At Its Chattanooga Plant To Meet Growing Demand For Passat
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