Chrysler Workers Strike in Brazil Labour Left Opposition - http://CLC_LO.listbot.com Shocked by DaimlerChrysler's announcement on January 29 of its "turnaround plan" for the Chrysler division, with job losses of 26,000 over the next three years and the closure of six plants, the Metalworkers’ Union of Paraná State took strike action on January 31 at the Chrysler plant in Campo Largo. The union is a member of the national federation of metalworkers, NTM;Força Sindical, which is affiliated at international level to the IMF. Workers, protesting against the company's intention to close the Campo Largo unit, demonstrated in front of the plant gate and then marched to the city center. With the closure of this plant, 250 workers will be laid off, and another 150 workers will lose their jobs in related supplier companies. The president of Força Sindical, Paulo Pereira da Silva, warned in a statement to the press that "we cannot allow this type of abuse. The company received several types of incentives to install itself in this country, and now, from one hour to the next, it has decided to go away. This is not acceptable." According to DaimlerChrysler's officially announced restructuring plan for the Chrysler Group, "the Campo Largo (Paraná, Brazil) assembly plant will discontinue production and be idled; an evaluation will be made on any future production possibility at that facility."
