(11 Nov 2012)
1. Banner reading "Help!Help! Ford is leaving Limburg (the province of Belgium) without work"
2. Woman handing out flyers
3. Wide of group of protesters holding banner reading (French and Flemish): "Solidarity when?"
4. Wide of group of women blowing whistles
5. Wide of the start of the demo, protesters start to run forward with banners and balloons
6. Wide of group of protesters holding banner reading (Flemish) "No job cuts for bigger profit"
7. Protesters carrying 'coffin' with company names written on it, among them the name of Ford
8. Close of man in parade uniform, ringing a bell followed by protesters carrying banners
9. Wide of the protesters marching
10. Close up of protesters walking past
11. Close up of woman wearing T-shirt reading (English) "We are not your slaves"
12. Child in pushchair with placard reading (English) "Looking for a Futur" (meaning future)
13. Zoom out from woman standing in front of the mayors of the cities of the Belgium province Limburg, showing placard reading (German) "impunity, Ford and the banks can lie and deceive the people"
14. SOUNDBITE (Flemish) Luc Prenen, leader of the ACV (General Christian Union):
"People are angry, many families are hit, many of them have a husband or wife working at Ford or they are suppliers, and have lost their jobs going towards an uncertain future. From this solidarity march people are expecting to send a strong signal towards Ford and the political institutions."
15. Man holding banner reading (English) " FORD, USA and Germany, my next car is not yours! Only made in Belgium."
16. Wide of area where protesters have gathered and speeches will be held
17. SOUNDBITE (German) Jurgen Waskowitz, working at the business council at Ford Germany:
"We would love our colleagues to keep their jobs, on the other hand we are happy that we have work in Germany and basically we hope that together we'll have a future in Europe, and that Ford will grow in Europe, and will keep existing jobs safe."
18. German demonstration supporters with the IGM (Union flag)
19. Wide pan of demonstration
STORYLINE:
Up to 20,000 people took part in a protest march on Sunday against the closing of a Ford factory in the Belgian city of Genk.
The closing of one of Ford Motor Company's main European factories by the end of 2014, would result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors.
Amongst the protesters on Sunday were up to 600 workers from Germany who came to support their colleagues as well ex-employees of closed car plants other Belgian cities.
Exactly half a century after construction on the Genk plant started, Ford told a management council there that production was winding down since slumping European sales has forced a restructuring of its plants.
The 50-year-old factory makes the Mondeo and Galaxy models.
Ford has been under pressure in Europe due to the region's dwindling demand for its models and the overall slide of car sales on the continent due to the debt crisis.
The company expects to lose more than one (b) billion US dollars this year in Europe, where it gets a quarter of its sales.
Analysts say Ford has more factory capacity than it needs.
The European carmakers' association shows European sales have dropped 10.8 percent on a year-by-year basis in September (2012).
Ford's drop in sales was even bigger at 14.9 percent.
The first round of talks between the management of the closing factory and the unions will start on Tuesday.
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo has said the national government would also do its utmost to salvage something for the thousands of workers.
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