Hugo Boss's leather goods artisans have gone on strike in response to the announcement that the label's Scandicci-based factory will close, which has been supported by a number of Italian trade unions.
It comes after the fashion label informed unions that it planned to lay off 21 workers as part of the closure.
According to Sonia Paoloni, national secretary of one of the trade unions, Filctem CGIL, the decision to close the branch was "unacceptable," adding that cutting the "luxury production line means abandoning prototyping, the most crucial phase in the design of new products."
Outside the factory, strikers hung banners that echoed Paoloni's ideas, with quotes such as the brand's "Be your own boss" slogan, a reference to its recently launched ad campaign.
Hugo Boss workers go on strike following plans to shut down factory:
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