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Friday, February 1, 2013

Socialist unions drive Goodyear out of France




1,173 jobs lost as Goodyear flees Socialist France
  • The local Socialist Mayor says Goodyear leaving is just "unacceptable" to him. 


U.S. tire maker Goodyear said it was closing its northern France plant and laying off 1,173 workers after lengthy discussions with union representatives ended in failure.

“Closing the factory is the only option after five years of unsuccessful negotiations,” said Goodyear Dunlop Tires France in a statement reported by Agence France-Presse. The company could not remain profitable in the face of union demands and weaker product demand, according to the report.

Company Chairman Henry Dumortier expressed condolences for workers and their families reports the Washington Times.

“We are deeply disappointed that five years of negotiations were not enough to reach a compromise with representatives of workers at Amiens Nord,” he said in the AFP report.  “Today’s announcement was the only option left to us.”

The decision to shut the factory is a political hit for President Francois Hollande, who toured the factory during his campaign and called for more workers’ rights, AFP reported.

Meanwhile, Amiens Mayor Gilles Demailly, a Socialist, called Goodyear’s decision “unacceptable” and called for meetings with the country’s industrial renewal minister to talk about this “national issue,” AFP reported.


Goodyear plant closure in France to put many out of work








Leftist Socialist French unions protest against "evil" job creating Capitalists.


Workers at the Goodyear plant in Amiens, France, block the road to their
factory with burning tyres during a strike.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm surprised they stayed there that long. I don't know if Michelin still has any plants in France... but they sure have a lot here in the US (and a lot of THEM have been moving to Mexico).
When taxes get excessive, and labor to "demanding"... plan on corporations "moving to greener pastures)

Gary said...

Jobs are flooding out of US and Europe. Not just unions but computers are putting everyone out of work.