France Pulls The Plug On Burnley



French company bosses, from their offices in France, acting in the interests of their French workers, pulled the plug on 600 jobs in the small East Lancashire town of Burnley in October, leaving the town's industrial base in ruins.
Because of the downturn in the global economy, helped in part by the events of September 11th, Michelin and Hurel Hispano, which is part of the French Government-owned SNECMA, decided to safeguard the jobs of their French workers by shedding some of their foreign workforce.
Michelin, the leading international manufacturer and supplier of tyres, which was attracted to Burnley by government grants and sweetners in 1960, are closing their Heasandford Industrial Estate factory with all 452 workers made redundant.
Hurel Hispano, the aerospace company, axed over 100 jobs and their Bancroft Street site claiming that the aerospace industry would be facing difficult circumstances following the events in America.
The knock-on effect in the town from these job losses will be felt by everyone as numerous locally-owned businesses have been built up on serving Michelin and the areospace industry. The BNP campaigns for British workers to be employed in British owned factories working together with their bosses for mutual aspirations and in the national interest.
When you allow foreign owners to set up shop in Britain, it is the British workforce that is exploited.
This has been cruelly illustrated in Burnley this autumn, where the town's 40 years of loyalty to Michelin has been shown to mean nothing when set against the interests of France and French workers.





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