Procession for the relaunch of Mirafiori: “At least 12 thousand in the square”. He mocked the workers at Cirio and Lo Russo: “Choose the selfie: with us or with Tavares?”

The unions, for once all united, the institutions and the students: thousands of people are in the streets of Turin to ask for the relaunch of the automotive sector and Mirafiori. It is the day of the eight-hour general strike, proclaimed by all the metalworking unions, for the first time together after fifteen years. For the trade unions in […]

THE labor unionsfor once all united, the institutions they students: there are thousands of people in the square Turin to ask for the relaunch of theautomotive and of Mirafiori. It’s the day of general strike of eight hours, proclaimed by all labor unions metalworkers, for the first time together after fifteen years. They are there for the unions in the streets at least 12 thousand people. In Piazza Statuto, from where the procession moved behind the banner “The relaunch of Turin starts from Mirafiori”, delegations arrived from all over Italy and from other Stellantis factories. Some companies in crisis have their banners like Lear, You Connectivity, Del Grosso. There are the governor of Piedmont, Alberto Cirio and the mayor Stefano Lo Russowho received a heavy objection in particular from a part of the segment of the Fiom march. “Choose the selfie. With him or with us?“: the workers of Mirafiori joked again, referring to the shot that the regional president and the mayor “granted” just a few days ago to the CEO of Stellantis Carlos Tavares on the occasion of the inauguration of the electric gearbox line. “I believe that Tavares is using the workers of Turin and Mirafiori as political hostages for a negotiation with the government – ​​he said during the march George Airaudogeneral secretary CGIL Piedmont – He wants a guarantee of incentives for several years. Let the government and Tavares free the workers, come to a negotiating table, say which other producers can come to Italy and what Stellantis brings to Italy more, especially to Mirafiori”.

Michele De Palm treefrom the Fiomadds a ilfattoquotidiano.it: “There is no risk for the future: there is no more time because the problems are already there. While here the workers are on redundancy pay, the CEO’s salary is increasing and dividends are being distributed”. “Tavares blackmails the workers by saying that if a Chinese competitor arrives he will close, because he has the possibility of producing a million cars today and he doesn’t – he adds Rocco Palombellafrom the Uilmtalking with ilfatto.it – So the problem of a second producer in Italy does not exist”. For the Cisl “Today’s demonstration is the city’s great reaction to the crisis it is experiencing – they declare Domenico Lo Bianco And Luca Carettigeneral secretaries of CISL Turin And Piedmont – As has already happened in the past, Turin gives its best in moments of difficulty, demonstrating great unity and cohesion.”

Also present at the event was Diocese of Turin with the director of Social Pastoral and Work Alessandro Svaluto Ferro: “We are experiencing a crisis that affects not only the workers of Stellantis, but the entire city – he says – the large participation in this morning’s demonstration represents an important awareness, because it showed the involvement of the entire territory, including naturally the Turin Church”. According to the Diocese, the procession through the streets of Turin must serve to rebuild a dialogue with the company: “Certain, concrete answers are needed. We can’t wait any longer, we are worried, also because you can even die from waiting“.

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