Workers at a
car component factory in central France have occupied the plant and
are threatening to blow it up in a radical protest against their
bosses as the site risks closure.
The workers
at the GM&S auto-suppliers plant in the Creuse region, north of
Limoges, have told Renault and Peugeot they are ready to blow up the
factory if their demands are not met.
Some 280
jobs at the site are under threat after the plant went into
receivership back in December, and workers accuse the two car giants
of blocking negotiations for a takeover of the factory and of making
too few orders.
The
protesters have already started destroying machinery at the site.
Photos released on social media on Thursday, show them cutting a
machine in half with a blowtorch. Trade union representatives say the
workers will destroy a machine each day unless their demands are met.
Parts of the
factory have been also apparently rigged with explosives, with
Twitter images showing gas canisters strung up next to a huge tank of
liquid oxygen. It is, however, not clear if the canisters are filled
with gas or are empty.
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