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Around 300 employees at the Smart factory in Hambach in eastern France symbolically stop work while an extraordinary social and economic committee (CSE) is held. The German group Daimler announced last Friday its intention to sell the factory, where production of Mercedes models was due to begin in the autumn. 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
Hundreds of employees gather in front of the Fonderie de Bretagne in Caudan to protest against the planned sale of the plant by the Renault group. IMAGES
At the behest of mayors from the Haute-Tarentaise valley, a hundred or so people gather in Bourg-Saint-Maurice - a winter ski hot spot in France - to protest the closure of ski lifts over the festive season, a decision announced by the French government last week in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus. The lift closures mean no tourists, a heavy blow for the economy of thousands who depend on them coming over the winter season. 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