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Added on the 09/07/2020 12:54:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Hundreds of Renault employees take part in a demonstration against the planned closure of the Choisy-le-Roi factory in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. IMAGES
Crosses on the gates of Nestle's Buitoni factory in Caudry, northeastern France, pallets of wood on fire: employees of the site, threatened with closure, gather outside their factory at the time of a union-management meeting. Nestle announced on Thursday the definitive closure of the factory which has been implicated in a contaminated pizza health scandal, citing a drop in sales. IMAGES
Secretary of State for Economy and Finance Agnès Pannier-Runacher participates in a meeting with union groups at a Smart factory in Hambach that Daimler is looking to sell. IMAGES
French Secretary of State for Economy and Finance Agnès Pannier-Runacher arrives at a Smart factory in Hambach, France where she is meant to meet with union representatives. Citing financial hardship related to Covid-19, the German group Daimler, which owns Mercedes and Smart, announced in July their desire to sell the factory that employs some 1,600 people. IMAGES
French unions call for mass protests and strike after French retail group Casino announced to be in financial difficulty, saying it is ready to sell stores to competitors. At the group's headquarters in Saint-Etienne, in east-central France, employees are demonstrating the potential dismantling of their store. IMAGES