Reactions have been flowing since the announcement, last 18 April, of the closing of the PSA factory in Ryton (see our article n°06380). Trade unions are ready to act, but the head of the government, Tony Blair, has not reacted. (Ref. 06390)
The announcement of the closing of Peugeot’s Ryton factory, which manufactures the 206 and employs 2 300 people (see our article n°06380) immediately raised the anger of trade unions, which “do not exclude to launch a strike” and evoke the possibility of joint actions with their French and European counterparts. The reaction can seem weak but, in this country, the strike process is complex and extremely regulated. They however promised to fight to make Peugeot change its opinion, by announcing
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