This morning, 500 workers demonstrated infront of the Headquarters of Ceramics company Preiss Daimler, in the Belgian city of Saint-Ghislain. Protesters denounced the loss of 173 jobs following the announcement that the ceramics refractory had bankrupt. Workers losing their jobs were not even paid their salary for the month of September.

Slogans of the angry workers, members of the ICEM affiliated FGTB, included: ‘Press Daimler, Rogue Bosses!’ and ‘Press Daimler, 173 workers on the tiles!’

The ICEM supports the demands from the FGTB, that these workers deserve respect for their skills, and should be offered new prospects for work in their sector. It should not be the workers who are to pay twice for the financial crisis.

The Press Daimler workers call for intervention from politicians and business leaders to save jobs through a take-over of the company.