Renault Moves to Defuse Union Outcry Over French Factories

Chairman says labor talks to get underway on northern plants
Carmaker is suffering from significant overcapacity in France

Workers and union members protest outside the Renault SA auto plant in Maubeuge, on May 30.Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg

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By Tara Patel and Rudy Ruitenberg

May 31, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

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May 31, 2020 at 2:18 PM UTC

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Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard sought to defuse a strike that erupted at a factory in northern France after the carmaker announced a cost-cutting program, saying he wasn’t planning to shut the site.