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Added on the 23/03/2021 12:53:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Protesters gather at the Aveyron Metallurgy Company (SAM), to denounce the suppression of over 300 jobs, following a decision by Renault to refuse the only offer to take over the foundry. 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
Employees at French retailer Casino are demonstrating outside the group's headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine, south of Paris. Unions called for the protest as thefood retail group has declared itself to be in financial difficulty, saying it is ready to sell stores to competitors. The group owns several supermarket chains such as Monoprix, Franprix, Exito, Pao de Acucar... 200,000 employees work for the Casino group worldwide including 50,000 in France. IMAGES
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
"Management betrayed us. They did not respect their commitments": employees at the Renault factory in Flins, 40km to the west of Paris, rage over what they see as a "betrayal" by the plant's bosses after it is announced that production at the plant will stop in 2024. The move is part of wider cost-cutting measures taken by the French car manufacturing giant. IMAGES