It ends without any action there The meeting, which lasted more than three and a half hours, regarding Ilva previously took place today, Tuesday 11 November between the government and the union, with the union deciding to resolve the issue. negotiation. “The government regrets that the proposal to continue the previous discussion regarding Ilva, also related to the technical aspects that emerged in the discussion, was not accepted by the trade union organization.” So in the notes from Palazzo Chigi.
“The executive – they added – confirmed its willingness to continue the in-depth analysis of all aspects and also the most controversial findings, put forward by the union itself of the proposals put forward by the government for the operational management of the company in this transition phase”.
Unions: “The government has a shutdown plan, we will fight it”
Michele De Palma, general secretary of Fiom, explained the union’s decision: “The government put forward a closure plan with thousands of workers on redundancy wages, without financial support for relaunch and decarbonization. Therefore, we decided together as Fiom, Fim and Uilm to go to the workers and explain to them that the government’s choice, as far as we are concerned, is one that we will oppose at all costs”, she said leaving the union-government meeting in the former Ilva.
“It is unthinkable that the failure of management that has happened to the ex-Ilva workers so far – he added – We have asked the government to withdraw the text that has been submitted to us and even regulate the closure of the cockeries.
“At this meeting, we got a ‘surprise’: the government wanted to lay off 1,200 workers in three days, plus another 400 workers in January, with the possibility of stopping one activity, namely coke oven batteries.
“It is clear that the government is no longer willing to keep the promises made in recent months – he added – We will present ourselves before the workers, describe the dramatic situation that is taking place and together with them we will decide which initiatives to implement”.
“We consciously and responsibly decided to stop the discussion and listen to the workers. It was a difficult discussion, they gave us unacceptable proposals because they started from one assumption: using workers to make money”, said Rocco Palombella, general secretary of Uilm, leaving the union-government meeting in the former Ilva.
“The number of laid-off workers has increased exponentially to 6000, there is no explanation regarding open tenders or industrial plans – he continued – this is a plan aimed at closing the former Ilva and we do not want to be responsible for this.
