French Workers Threaten to Blow Up Factory Facing Closure

Workers at a factory facing closure in France have threatened to blow up the plant unless they are given better layoff compensation.

About 50 workers at Sodimatex, which makes car rugs, have been occupying the site in Crepy-en-Valois since Thursday. They are pressuring the company for better compensation.

The employees have placed petrol bombs near a large gas tank and are threatening to set them ablaze.'

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