Employees of the Vencorex chemicals factory, owned by a subsidiary of Thai company PTT GC, hold placards which read "Chemistry is dying! Save the platform" as they march during a protest and strike following the company being placed into bankruptcy in Pont-de-Claix, French Alps, on October 30, 2024. (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP via Getty Images)