ArcelorMittal workers attack HQ
Steel workers attacked ArcelorMittal's Luxembourg headquarters, setting off smoke bombs and trying to break through the front door to protest temporary layoffs during the economic slump.
By Agencies |
LUXEMBOURG: Steel workers attacked ArcelorMittal's Luxembourg headquarters, setting off smoke bombs and trying to break through the front door to protest temporary layoffs during the economic slump.
While the company held its annual shareholders' meeting, some among the 1,000 workers from Belgium and France hurled cobblestones and steel fencing at the building yesterday, which riot police lined up to protect.
One protestor broke into the building and between 20 and 30 others fought police at the entrance. Journalists were told to leave the ground floor and go out a back entrance as smoke filled the halls.
The protest did not affect the shareholder meeting or lunch, which continued on the building's upper floor.
Police expected some 2,000 workers to join the demonstration, taking some 50 buses from plants in northern France and from Charleroi and Liege in southern Belgium. About 1,000 turned out.
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel maker, has cut production by half as the steel industry rapidly went from boom to bust late last year.
It has shuttered plants across the world, laid off temporary workers and put full-time workers on reduced pay during the output freeze.
While the company held its annual shareholders' meeting, some among the 1,000 workers from Belgium and France hurled cobblestones and steel fencing at the building yesterday, which riot police lined up to protect.
One protestor broke into the building and between 20 and 30 others fought police at the entrance. Journalists were told to leave the ground floor and go out a back entrance as smoke filled the halls.
The protest did not affect the shareholder meeting or lunch, which continued on the building's upper floor.
Police expected some 2,000 workers to join the demonstration, taking some 50 buses from plants in northern France and from Charleroi and Liege in southern Belgium. About 1,000 turned out.
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel maker, has cut production by half as the steel industry rapidly went from boom to bust late last year.
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It has shuttered plants across the world, laid off temporary workers and put full-time workers on reduced pay during the output freeze.
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