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With everything that`s been going on in the European automotive industry recently, especially in France, it was only natural that tension would start to build within Renault, as it has been doing with their ailing PSA counterparts.
Apparently, rumours that the French giant would be closing down two plants in France had been circulating for a while. One of the two plants in question is the one in Flins, which builds the Clio and employs around 3,500 workers.
Apparently, the reason for the rumour was pressure from Renault to increase productivity, and not an outright notice for the plants' closing. According to an official from one of the unions, “The management warned us: ‘If you don’t sign, two sites could be closed’ ".
However, today Renault has stepped in to dispel the rumours, by explaining that they want to increase local production by 15%, once an agreement with the labour unions is reached.
Gerard Leclercq, Renault boss for the automaker's home market operation, said: “The signing of an agreement will allow our French plants to be sufficiently competitive to attract volumes coming from our partners."
Renault did say that they would be giving up the services of around 7,500 French workers, but not by laying them off, but by voluntary retirement and other consensual ways in which work contracts are ended.
Apparently, the reason for the rumour was pressure from Renault to increase productivity, and not an outright notice for the plants' closing. According to an official from one of the unions, “The management warned us: ‘If you don’t sign, two sites could be closed’ ".
However, today Renault has stepped in to dispel the rumours, by explaining that they want to increase local production by 15%, once an agreement with the labour unions is reached.
Gerard Leclercq, Renault boss for the automaker's home market operation, said: “The signing of an agreement will allow our French plants to be sufficiently competitive to attract volumes coming from our partners."
Renault did say that they would be giving up the services of around 7,500 French workers, but not by laying them off, but by voluntary retirement and other consensual ways in which work contracts are ended.
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