Over 800 jobs would be lost with the shutdown of Bridgestone's factory in Bethune, France.
Japanese tire maker Bridgestone said on Wednesday, September 16, that it would shut its factory in France, prompting the government to denounce a"brutal" move that will cost 863 jobs.
"This is not a decision we took lightly," said Laurent Dartoux, president of Bridgestone's operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. "We thought a restructuring was likely, but not a shutdown," Christophe Bouttmy, a Sud Chimie union official, told Agence France-Presse on the sidelines of a works council committee.
They demanded that Bridgestone"pursue a detailed analysis of alternative projects to avoid the site's closure."
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