Renault

Romania: Workers strike at Dacia-Renault

Alex... — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:16:34 +0000

The indefinite strike was launched on Monday in protest at the low level of wages at the plant, which is situated some 68 miles northwest of Bucharest.

France: another suicide by Renault worker

jef costello — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:16:11 +0000

The company immediately sought to distance itself from the suicide, firstly by claiming that the man in question had been on sick leave since September 6 and secondly by claiming that his workplace was only administratively a part of the site which has seen three other workers take their own lives in the last year.

France: suicides amongst auto-workers

jef costello — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:47:09 +0000

In France there are 300-400 suicides a year directly attributable to working conditions according to Christian Larose, vice-president of the social and economic council of the CGT. Roughly one worker is killing him/herself a day because of the job that they have.

France: Sabotage at Renault factory

jef costello — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:12:47 +0000

The action appears to be a response to the sacking, ten days ago, of five workers for faute grave (gross misconduct). It is unclear how many of the 3000 workers were involved in the action, management has not specified exactly what form the sabotage took. The condemnation of the action by the CFDT union also fails to describe the action.