Industrial action by workers at Danone SA’s French cookie and cracker operations has spread to a total of nine plants in France. The strike was sparked by reports first published Wednesday that the company plans to close 10 European plants with the loss of 3,000 jobs.
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“The action, either full strikes or partial stoppages, has spread to all seven French plants mentioned as likely to be closed in the reports, plus two others,” said Jean-Luc Bindel, secretary of the foodstuffs industries sector of the Confederation Generale du Travail. “We will be discussing options for more widespread action at a meeting on 15 January,” the official said.
Danone previously denied the existence of any formal plant-closure plan, but is said to be involved in a review of European cookie and cracker operations as a number of sites are currently running at 40% of production capacity. Danone plan to meet with workers’ representatives in the next few days.
