Now Playing: Sodimatex les travailleurs brulent l'usine
Topic: Poverty
CREPY-EN-VALOIS, France — Workers at a French car accessories plant north of Paris threatened Friday to blow up their factory unless they were given better layoff compensation.
Sodimatex, which produces car carpets, announced last April that it planned to shut down its plant in Crepy-en-Valois and began talks on compensation.
Employees at the Sodimatex plant placed petrol bombs near a large gas tank and were threatening to set them on fire. "The plant is going to go up in smoke, if that's what they want," said one worker.
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Industry Minister Christian Estrosi condemned the workers' action as "unacceptable" and called on them to settle the row with management through talks.
Workers are demanding compensation of 21,000 euros (28,000 dollars) each, much more than the 15,000 euros on offer from the owners.
