Action in London

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/13/europe/vauxhall/

LONDON (CNNfn) - Hundreds of workers at a Vauxhall Motors plant outside
London stormed the car company's offices Wednesday, protesting the planned
closure of the factory and the firing of some 2,000 people announced by
U.S.-based parent company General Motors Corp. a day earlier.

Union leaders, who stressed that the protest was an unofficial action,
estimated that roughly 200 workers blockaded the administrative offices at
Vauxhall's Luton, England plant Wednesday morning before dispersing. About
500 employees walked off the job to protest the cuts, the officials said.

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