Plant closure
NUMSA fights plant closures of South Africa’s largest steel manufacturer
Apart from the 3,500 jobs at immediate risk, the closure of the Long Steel plants will endanger about a hundred thousand jobs in the value chain.
Workers of Fiat plant in Serbia protest layoffs
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Serbia recently announced the closure of its manufacturing plant in Kragujevac which directly employs more than 2,000 workers
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