Cotelle is the last French manufacturer of cartons of bleach marketed under the La Croix brand. American multinational Colgate-Palmolive announced the closure next September of the Cotelle factory in Rillieux-la-Pape (Rhône) The 104 employees of the Lyon site decided to fight.

“It’s the pot of earth against thePot of iron, but we’re going to fight!’” says Christian Coelho.