(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - Dozens of tires set on fire, from which dense columns of black smoke, road blocks, anger rise: this is how the workers of the Nissan factory in Barcelona reacted this morning when it became known that the plant will be closed, with the loss of 3,000 jobs.
A sudden cold shower, the media recall, after the Spanish premier, Pedro Sanchez, from Davos, before the pandemic, had reassured that nobody at Nissan would lose their job. But after the wave of the coronavirus, which has long hit the automotive industry, passed, the Japanese giant had reported losses of 6.2 billion dollars.
The closure of the Barcelona factory, according to a calculation by the Spanish government, could cause, in addition to the 3,000 layoffs, also 25,000 places in the supply chain.
The auto industry makes up 10% of Spain's GDP, the second largest producer in Europe after Germany.
Barcelona, Nissan workers protest
2020-05-28T18:22:02.159Z
Dozens of tires set on fire, from which dense columns of black smoke, roadblocks, anger rise: this is how the workers of the Nissan factory in Barcelona reacted this morning when it became known that the plant will be closed, with the loss. . (ANSA)
