Michelin has, it is true, reduced the number of its jobs by 25,000 in twenty years but, I would like to remind some people, these are 25,000 job losses due to levels of productivity which are comparable in all sectors of industry, and particularly in the car and tyre industries. These are 25,000 job losses, only 186 of which have been redundancies.
Michelin a, c’est vrai, réduit le nombre de ses postes de travail de 25 000 en vingt ans, mais je le rappelle à certains, 25 000 disparitions d’emplois dues aux efforts de productivité comparables dans tous les secteurs industriels, et notamment celui de l’automobile et des pneumatiques, 25 000 dont seulement 186 licenciements.