FRANCE: WORKERS AT RECENTLY CLOSED TEXTILE FACTORY CONTINUE THEIR THREAT TO BLOW UP THE PLANT IN SEVERANCE ROW

Record ID: 648510

  • Title: FRANCE: WORKERS AT RECENTLY CLOSED TEXTILE FACTORY CONTINUE THEIR THREAT TO BLOW UP THE PLANT IN SEVERANCE ROW
  • Date: 20th July 2000
  • Summary: GIVET, FRANCE (19 JULY, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR CLOSED FACTORY WITH EQUIPMENT BURNING/SCU FACTORY SIGN (2 SHOTS) 0.05 2. SLV EXTERIOR FACTORY WITH EQUIPMENT BURNING 0.10 3. MV /SLV WOMEN BEHIND FACTORY RAILINGS/ SLV GROUP OF WORKMEN; SCU BURNT ROLLS OF YARN; SLV DESTROYED EQUIPMENT; SLV GROUP OF WOMEN BEHIND FACTORY RAILINGS (8 SHOTS) 0.29 4. (SOUNDBITE)(French) UNIDENTIFIED DISMISSED WORKER: "I have worked here for 43 years. It's a family job, my grandfather worked here, and my children as well. It is a real shame that this factory has shut, but we are determined and we will go all the way." (INCLUDES CUTAWAY OF EMPTY FACTORY) 1.19 5. SLV GROUP OF WORKMEN; SLV EMPTY FACTORY ZOOM OUT TO RAILINGS (2 SHOTS) 1.28 6. SLV MEN WALKING BY RIVER; SLV RIVER CONTAMINATED BY SULPHURIC ACID (RED WATER) (6 SHOTS) 1.51 7. SLV STOCKSHOTS (3 SHOTS) 2.00 8. MV GROUP OF WOMEN IN DISCUSSION / SOUNDOF EXPLOSION IN BACKGROUND; MV/SCU MORE OF WOMEN; SLV SMOULDERING ROLLS OF YARN (6 SHOTS) 2.24 9. (SOUNDBITE)(French) WORKERS REPRESENTATIVE RAYMOND PESAT SAYING "The employees are furious and they are really capable of doing anything. The government must consider their demands, if not all, at least the most important." 3.00 10. SLV MORE OF PLANT ENTRANCE (2 SHOTS) 3.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th August 2000 13:00
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  • Location: GIVET, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA6ZD7U2NCD6F7TOK4CIFK0CF1Y
  • Story Text: Workers at a recently closed textile factory in the
    French town of Givet are continuing their threat to blow up
    the plant if ongoing negotiations on severance packages do not
    satisfy their demands.

    Staff at the Cellatex textile factory in the eastern
    town of Givet where unemployment reaches 22% threatened
    earlier this week to blow it up before dumping thousands of
    litres of sulphuric acid into a stream, turning the water
    blood red.

    Emergency workers threw down sand barriers to stop the
    toxic acid flowing into the Meuse river, which also runs
    through the Benelux countries.

    Cellatex unions and government representatives have
    scheduled another meeting in an attempt to end the
    dispute. Unions are demanding that the 153 staff be paid
    150,000 francs (21,000 US dollars) redundancy compensation
    each and full wages for at least for two years after the
    factory closes down.


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