Dl Taranto, relief for workers and free health checks

From a 50 million fund for former Ilva workers to 100% relief for those who will take on redundancies in the steel industry, even after new agreements have been in place since January 2020. The draft of the Taranto decree is 21 articles provides for the "productive conversion" of the city, a new site of national interest that also includes the area of ​​Statte and a new commissioner for the reclamation. Among the measures also the protection of cetaceans and free screening, also exempt from the ticket, for the early diagnosis of diseases related to pollution.

The package of measures for what has been called the 'Cantiere Taranto' is still undergoing technical and political evaluation, and it is not certain that the launch of the decree will already arrive this week, even if the intent of the government was to approve it before Christmas. To manage the problem of redundancies, starting from the workers who have already been in charge of the former Ilva commissioner management, different hypotheses are being studied, including that of incentivating, with a bonus, who should accept a new job away from Taranto and that of reinforcing the incentives for workers to take advantage of the relocation allowance. Provision is also made for VAT compensation for creditor companies against extraordinary administration. Resources (5 million in 2 years) also appear to help the municipality of Taranto demolish the illegal structures of the Old City and a fund to enhance the city's bands and orchestras. It is also envisaged to allocate the Imu share on state-owned warehouses to the Municipality. The draft shows the creation of a Taranto University Campus for environmental sustainability and for the prevention of occupational diseases, with a funding of 9 million per year for three years. It also evaluates the extension of the Agency for the supply of work in the port and for the professional redevelopment until 2022, in which about 530 workers made redundant from the companies for container handling were merged. The executive then aims to accelerate the completion of the infrastructures in the special economic zones that have suffered slowdowns due to problems of authorizations or seizures. We also look at green mobility, with a plan for "gentle mobility" to be implemented along disused railway lines. To support the traditions of the territory damaged by the iron and steel crisis, ad hoc financing could finally arrive.