Workers from the Ryton, UK, Peugeot car plant facing closure next year with the loss of 2,300 jobs are staging a new series of demonstrations aimed at saving the factory.
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Union members will hold events in Coventry over the next few days to keep up the pressure on the French carmaker to keep open the site at Ryton.
The Transport and General Workers Union and Amicus have drawn up a plan they believe will save the plant, which is earmarked for closure in 2007.
TGWU convener at the plant Jim O’Boyle said support from the public had been “magnificent”.
He added: “It is vital that we keep up the campaign so that everyone understands just what damage the closure of Ryton would do to car industry jobs and the rest of the economy of Coventry and the whole of the West Midlands.”
The union’s General Secretary Tony Woodley said: “The campaign by our members at Ryton deserves the full support of everyone who believes that Britain can still make the goods we need to secure our future.”
Workers will hand out leaflets in Coventry and protest outside Peugeot dealerships.
Mr Woodley said: “If Peugeot is not prepared to pay workers in the UK, how can they expect to sell their cars here?”
