1000’s of individuals have marched in Barcelona to protest Japanese auto large Nissan’s choice to shut its manufacturing unit within the area which can end result within the lack of as much as three,000 jobs.
Media retailers reported that folks lit candles throughout the protest whereas unions have stated they plan to type a human chain round Nissan’s essential Barcelona plant in a while Thursday.
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida introduced on Thursday the choice to shut the plant as a part of the corporate’s worldwide restructuring plan.
VIDEO: Nissan workers gentle candles in Barcelona to protest in opposition to a deliberate plant closure. The Spanish authorities has warned Nissan shutting down the manufacturing base might price the corporate greater than a billion euros pic.twitter.com/CZu1AbPW8f
— AFP information company (@AFP) Could 27, 2020
In line with the Spanish authorities, the choice to finish operations in Barcelona was made regardless of proposals by the native authorities to maintain the plant working.
The closure of the plant, which manufactures pickups and vans, would price Nissan €1 billion ($ 1.1 billion), it stated.
“We clearly remorse this choice,” Economic system Minister Nadio Calvino advised broadcaster TVE, saying the federal government will proceed to work with Nissan and native and regional authorities “to see tips on how to proceed and possibly search for an alternate resolution.”
The automaker reportedly plans to relocate manufacturing of the Navara pickup to South Africa. The e-NV200 van might be constructed at Renault’s plant in Maubeuge, France.
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Earlier this month, Nissan denied reviews that it was planning to scale back its European presence and concentrate on the US, China, and Japan.
Employees have been staging protests since early Could after the corporate solely partially resumed manufacturing following what was then a brief shutdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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