A hundred employees of the Foundry of Brittany, put up for sale by the Renault group, block the Caudan plant in Morbihan, to demand their retention within the group.

On Tuesday, they prevented management from leaving the premises until late at night and all production was shut down in protest.

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The Fonderie de Bretagne is once again facing the anger of its 340 employees while Renault announced on March 11 its intention to withdraw from the site.

On Tuesday, seven members of the management were detained, without violence, inside the Caudan factory in Morbihan, until the evening.

An event that marks the first act of a movement called to harden.

Because after the government's promise to release 50 million euros for the sector, the employees are in the misunderstanding and determined not to let go.

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"The idea was never to kidnap them"

"We are going to suggest that the management go out because they have nothing to do there. They will be better at home."

It was 10:30 p.m. Tuesday evening when Nicolas Guillemette, union representative of the Fonderies de Bretagne night shift, went to get the seven members of management to get them out of the site where they had been confined since 10am.

"The idea was never to kidnap them, but that they answer our questions," he says.

Under the mocking applause of around thirty employees, Jean Luc Bois, the managing director, and six of his collaborators, were thus able to leave the factory without incident and above all without a word.

"Renault organizes the death of the site"

The rest now is a site still locked and machines shut down again.

A situation caused by the announcement of the withdrawal of Renault while the manufacturer had undertaken to reverse last summer.

Under the impetus of Jean-Yves Le Drian and after already several days of blockage, he had in fact decided to keep the plant in its industrial fold. 

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"It is obvious that Renault is organizing the death of the site by expatriating our volumes abroad, in Turkey in particular but also in Romania and Spain. If this is to be our last stand, I assure you that everyone will 'in memory ", warned Nicolas Guillemette.

A determination which, two months before the election, should certainly be included in the campaign for regional and departmental elections.