Since the announcement last April by Arcelor Group management of a new redundancy plan, strikes have multiplied at the Dunkirk site. Behind the scenes, the vested interests of industrialists from various sectors and local decision-makers are intertwined. ---- From Usinor to Arcelor ---- In Dunkirk, Usinor was established in 1962 and quickly became one of the largest steelmaking sites in the region. Firstly, due to its infrastructure, the factory covers 25 km², but also due to the size of its workforce, which reached 11,400 employees by the mid-1970s. At that time, workers were recruited from no fewer than 200 surrounding towns and villages; some were former miners who had retrained, others ...
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