“Imbecile workers”, hundreds of quarrymen march in Carrara.
“Imbecile workers”, hundreds march in Carrara on Wednesday 24 April after the statements on safety at work by the marble entrepreneur Alberto Franchi on ‘Report’: “Here if they get hurt it’s because they are morons, the accidents that have occurred in the last ten years, I’m sorry to say, but Unfortunately it’s the worker’s fault.”
Statements followed by Franchi’s apologies: “Inappropriate words”.
Demonstration organized by Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl and Fillea Cgil.
Hundreds of quarrymen demonstrated in front of the Franchi Umberto marble company in Carrara on Wednesday 24 April morning as a sign of protest. With family members, citizens as a sign of solidarity.
In the procession, with Rossano Rossi, secretary of the CGIL Toscana, and the representatives of the unions, also Serena Arrighi, mayor of Carrara, Antonio Mazzeo, president of the Regional Council of Tuscany, Alessandra Nardini and Monia Monni, regional councilors, Francesco Gazzetti, regional councilor, Emiliano Fossi , secretary of the Tuscany Democratic Party
Uil Northern Tuscany Area: According to Alberto Franchi, are workers who are victims of accidents in quarries deficient? There are those who get rich and those who die. Shame! Nobody has ever given us anything, we have always had to fight to obtain better working conditions”.
Cigl Tuscany: “More safety at work, more redistribution of wealth, respect for those who work, now no excuses needed but concrete facts.”
Nicola Del Vecchio, general secretary CGIL Massa Carrara: “We don’t want excuses, we want a change! We want dignity! We want to lay the foundations for a new paradigm capable of combining environmental protection, redistribution of wealth, work and worker safety”
