The strike of direct workers and the contract , proclaimed by the unions to protest against the new industrial plan presented by the multinational which provides for over 3 thousand redundancies and the failure to return to service of the 1,600 workers left in charge, has started at all the Italian sites of ArcelorMittal all'Ilva in As. In Taranto several dozen workers are in front of the factory management. Fim, Fiom and Uilm called the strike for 24 hours, the USB 48 hours. Both started at 7 am. The mobilization was called on the day of the meeting by videoconference convened by the Minister of Economic Development Stefano Patuanelli with the trade union organizations and extraordinary commissioners Ilva, which will also be attended by ministers Gualtieri and Catalfo.
Fim, Fiom and Uilm yesterday developed during the works council a platform of requests to the government, including the no to layoffs, the resumption of maintenance, plants currently stopped, activities of the environmental plan, introduction of the Preventive health impact assessment, the law special for Taranto. Tomorrow a new extraordinary works council will decide on any other forms of mobilization.
According to the USB, "there is absolutely no discussion with those who ask for public resources to rule in Taranto", one must "remove this multinational. Taranto's future passes through a program agreement".
This morning the extraordinary inspection of the commissioners of Ilva in As started (and will last 8 days).
