The British trade union GMB, which represents 700 000 workers, announced on Tuesday July 18 that Peugeot cars would no longer be part of its automobile fleet, to punish the make "for the way it acted when closing Ryton to relocate its production in Slovakia, a country of low wages". (Ref. 06740)
The secretary-general of the GMB, Paul Kenny, explained that the French mark would be withdrawn from the list of possible suppliers for the renewal of its fleet of service cars (approximately 350 vehicles). “We also will draw the attention in our areas and of our federations on the importance of considering ethical purchases, and on the advisability of remembering the closing of the factory and the dismissal of 2.000 people before buying their next car”, he wrote in a letter addressed to...
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