Protests by the closure of steelworks

Lie ' close without saying so!', is shocked Oscar Tierno, worker of the steel ArcelorMittal of Madrid, that was manifiestó yesterday Thursday as many others to say "no" to the closure of the factory, a new blow to the Spanish economy devastated.

"No to the closure of Arcelor!", shouting in anger protesters, shouts accompanied by a DIN of whistles and trumpets, in front of the gates of the headquarters of Villaverde, which extends along approximately 150 hectares in the vicinity of the capital.

Beams for construction
steel plant which employs 324 people, specialized in the production of beams for the construction is stopped since late October and his staff at unemployment partial.

Activity was restarted in January, but the direction of ArcelorMittal announced Tuesday that turned off, for an indeterminate time, electric furnace and steel production, during a meeting of the Committee u000aSpecial European in Luxembourg.

The reason, according to the group which employs 11,000 people, is "the persistent weakness of the Spanish construction market and the absence of signs of recovery in the short term".

According to the direction of the factory, 84% of the production of steel in 2010 should be exported, which generated losses important.

"Is a euphemism for not to mention closing...", deplores José María Piñero, delegate of the UGT Union in the factory.

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