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Goodyear to close tyre plant in northern France
After five years of unsuccessful labour negotiations, Goodyear executives on Thursday announced a plan to close a tyre plant that employs 1,173 workers in the northern French city of Amiens. Goodyear described the plan as "the only option".
Executives at a Goodyear tyre plant in Amiens, northern France, presented on Thursday a plan to close the site, which employs 1,173 workers.
"Closing the factory is the only option after five years of unsuccessful negotiations," said a French-language statement, which added that the plan had been presented to a works committee and would serve as the basis for further consultations with workers' representatives.
Henry Dumortier, chairman of Goodyear's French unit, said: "We are fully aware of the impact of the announcement we are making today and the plan's heavy consequences for staff, their families and local communities."
He added: "We are deeply disappointed that five years of negotiations were not enough to reach a compromise with representatives of workers at Amiens Nord. Today's announcement was the only option left to us."
Tyre production at the plant led to an aggregate loss in 2011 of 61 million euros ($83 million) according to Goodyear figures.
(AFP)
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The french are too lazy, as
The french are too lazy, as bad as the italians and spanish, pull your finger out and get your great country a place you can be proud of, you need to work, not just be employed.
"Thanks" (not) Mr Pilliod.
"Thanks" (not) Mr Pilliod.
Union workers don't seem to
Union workers don't seem to care if plants close. They expect to be taken care of either way?
Due to the convoluted methods
Due to the convoluted methods available to todays Multinational Companies Auditors,a loss of 61m may not be the fault of the plant in Amiens,the ability to transfer costs and profits mean that the company can create accounts to reflect whatever they want.Having worked in a corp for 13years I know this is true.
My only question is why
My only question is why Goodyear didn't close this plant sooner if they were bleeding $61 million Euros last year? Union demands can often backfire and now the entire town will suffer as a result;Hope their French Pension is going to pay the workers what Goodyear had proposed.
This is what happen when
This is what happen when commies want the boss' pay without working. No wonder the country goes down
WHY? what lazy journalism...
WHY? what lazy journalism... how can you site 5 years of talks for the reason but not tellus what the 5 year talks were about - more france24 truth hiding / french propaganda...
Very sad to see the
Very sad to see the government and workers union destroy another plant and more good paying jobs in France. What is it going to take for them to understand that labor and tax reform is the only thing that can save France from economic disaster?
Ahhh, Merci les Syndicats,
Ahhh, Merci les Syndicats, merci pour rien!
Merci, les
Merci, les