"We can make metal without Mittal": in front of the multinational's headquarters, Arcelor demands the nationalization of the blast furnaces

Three weeks after the announcement of a plan to cut 636 jobs in France , 400 employees from all of ArcelorMittal's French sites converged on Tuesday, May 13, in front of the multinational's headquarters in Saint-Denis. "We can make metal without Mittal," chanted the steelworkers at the foot of the glass building.

Everyone wants to avoid catastrophe. "If the blast furnaces in Dunkirk and Fos-sur-Mer stop, the other 40 centers and factories will collapse, with an unimaginable cascading effect on the entire industry in the region , which is ultra-dependent on steel," warns David Blaise, central CGT union representative for the service centers branch.

While a social and economic committee (CSE) takes place behind tinted windows for...