Workers at Stellantis's historic Mirafiori plant in Turin staged a wildcat strike Wednesday after manufacturing union FIOM briefed them on the Italian-Franco-American carmaker's stance over a whole month of lay-offs for the 3,000 workers there next month.
Mirafiori workers from the second shift started a spontaneous strike after the FIOM meetings, and a procession of workers from the 500 electric line left the plant.
"The workers are worried, they want to send a clear signal to the institutions, Mirafiori cannot close," said the secretarygeneral of the Turin FIOM, Edi Lazzi, and the number one of thePiedmont CGIL, Italy's biggest and most leftwing unionfederation, Giorgio Airaudo.
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said last week he cannot ensure the future of its Italian plants unless the carmaker gets major incentives to make electric cars.
But Chairman John Elkann reiterated his commitment to the Italian plants in meetings Tuesday with Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, President Sergio Mattarella, and Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta, among others.
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