French shipyard workers march against job cuts .
RENNES 1996-08-29
About 3,500 naval shipyard workers marched in the centre of the northern port town of Cherbourg on Thursday to protest against defence restructuring , a union official said .
The local police headquarters did not give a figure but said 1,800 workers at the Cherbourg yeard had stopped work .
A cutback plan could slim their numbers to 1,700 from 4,200 .
Several hundred workers also marched in the western town of Indre where 500 or 1,600 jobs are at risk .