Source: Personnel Today – article
Date: Saturday, June 10, 2006

Demonstration will highlight anger at plans to close factory in Coventry Workers from Peugeot’s Ryton plant in Coventry will demonstrate in London against the factory’s proposed closure. Staff have been protesting since the French car manufacturer last month announced plans to lay off 2,300 workers and transfer production of its latest model to Slovakia. The plant will shut in two stages, winding down from two shifts to one in July, with final closure next summer. The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G), which represents the staff, recently urged a boycott of Peugeot cars. It is now planning to hold a demonstration at a dealership in Brent Cross, north London, on Saturday 24 June. Jim O’Boyle, T&G convenor for Ryton, will lead the protest. “We look forward to spreading our message to the rest of the UK that Peugeot workers are not just going to lay down and accept the sacking of workers,” he said. “Unless the company sits down and properly engages with the unions to discuss an alternative, this campaign will go on.”