French workers from the tire giant Continental are protesting in Paris over plans to cut over one-thousand jobs at a French plant.
![Employees from Continental tire company of Clairoix, northern France, demonstrate around burning tires, in front of former Paris Stock Exchange building, in Paris, Monday May 18, 2009.[Christophe Ena/CCTV/AP Photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090519/001ec94a1ee40b7c9bbd5f.jpg "Employees from Continental tire company of Clairoix, northern France, demonstrate around burning tires, in front of former Paris Stock Exchange building, in Paris, Monday May 18, 2009.[Christophe Ena/CCTV/AP Photo]") |
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Employees from Continental tire company of Clairoix, northern France, demonstrate around burning tires, in front of former Paris Stock Exchange building, in Paris, Monday May 18, 2009.[Christophe Ena/CCTV/AP Photo]
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Several hundred angry workers took part in a march and set tires on fire in front of the old French stock exchange building. The German company has planned to close the French plant at Clairoix.
Its workers are protesting ahead of a meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Frankfurt where decisions on compensation for employees will be made.
The workers want a new meeting between management, the unions and the French government.
