Ford Motors employees protest gujarat company announces closure

Hundreds of workers of Ford Motors gathered in front of the plant in Sanand, about 25 kilometres from Ahmedabad, Gujarat to protest against the closure of the company. The workers demanded primarily that the company should not shut down. If it has to, the workers sought intervention from the state government to ensure that Ford’s employees will get a priority for jobs at the same wage in the company that replaces the Ford Motors. “Our primary demand is that the plant should not be shut down. If the company is going to shut down the Sanand plant, we request the Gujarat government that we should get priority for jobs at the same wage in the company that replaces Ford Motors in the coming future,” said a protesting employee of the auto company. Notably, independent MLA Jignesh Mevani met the protesting workers at Sanand on September 24 and lent his support to their cause. “I stand by your cause and will fight for you till we arrive at a situation favourable to you (workers). I do not know about the remaining 181 MLAs, but I assure you that you have my full support,” said Mevani in a speech at the location of the protest.