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Air France CEO Gagey confirms 1000 job cuts in 2016, mostly voluntary resignations, while employees protest in the streets of Paris. Katie Sargent reports.
Protesters gather at the Aveyron Metallurgy Company (SAM), to denounce the suppression of over 300 jobs, following a decision by Renault to refuse the only offer to take over the foundry. IMAGES
In Rodez, just outside the southern French town of Toulouse, Bosch employees and those of the Jinjiang SAM foundry stage a joint demonstration over planned job cuts. The German group announced Friday it will cut 750 jobs in its Rodez Bosch factory by 2025. The SAM foundry, which works "80% for Renault", is planning to cut 214 jobs its current workforce of 357 as part of a new takeover deal. Their employees are on strike since Tuesday. IMAGES
Sanofi employees gather in protest outside the Sanofi Pasteur site in Marcy-l'Etoile, in southwestern France, following the announcement last June of a redundancy plan that will result in up to 400 job cuts. IMAGES
Less than a week after the shock announcement of the closure of the Bridgestone plant in Béthune in northern France, French ministers Agnès Pannier-Runacher (Industry) and Elisabeth Borne (Labor) meet to put pressure on management to try to prevent the closure of the site, which employs 863 people. IMAGES