During Le Pen's unannounced visit to the factory, where she had been met with enthusiasm, she accused Macron of protecting the interests of oligarchs.
Needing millions more votes to beat Mr Macron in France's May 7 presidential run-off, she has been hammering hard her claims that more French jobs would be lost overseas under Mr Macron's more economically liberal programme.
Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Whirlpool plant.
Hitherto, French presidential elections have been a contest between the establishment centre-right and the centre-left.
France's two presidential candidates have traded barbs with centrist Emmanuel Macron accusing far-right rival Marine Le Pen of promoting hatred, while she labeled him as the "candidate of the oligarchy". Nine other candidates were eliminated.
The contrasting images of Le Pen smiling with workers and Macron debating them spoke to her political experience and laid bare their contrasting styles.
Francois Baroin, who served as a finance minister for former president Nicolas Sarkozy, on Wednesday publicly stated he was ready to work as prime minister in a "cohabitation" arrangement with Mr Macron.
As Ms Le Pen took selfies with people outside the threatened plant, he was shown in a closed-door meeting with union leaders in the town of Amiens, dressed in a suit and tie.
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Le Pen hit Macron close to home with her politicking: He was born in Amiens.
Her wily campaign maneuver stole Macron's thunder and put him on the defensive.
"When I hear Madame Le Pen's slogans, her tones and her gestures, I see a lot more brutality on her side than mine".
Baroin, 51 and a rising star within The Republicans, said in an interview on CNews television; "I will be available to. head the government according to the will of the French people".
He accused Le Pen, who was shown smiling and taking pictures with the workers, of cynically trying to exploit the situation and lying to workers when she said she would put a end to USA -based Whirlpool's plans to relocate production to Poland.
Le Pen's father, Jean-Marie, told France Inter radio Tuesday that he thinks his daughter has produced a "too laid-back" campaign. He said that in her position, he would have done a "Trump-style" campaign that would have been "very aggressive against those who are responsible for the country's decadency".
Although the 39-year-old rookie in his first political campaign is the strong favorite to win the presidential runoff on May 7, he needs to regain the initiative after stumbling at the start of the week.
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