Regarding the recent declarations on the future of the Siena site of Beko (formerly Whirlpool) by the FIM CISL and UILM provincial secretaries, the FIOM CGIL of Sienain the persons of the General Secretary Daniela Miniero and the MSW component of the plant Stefano Borgogniwould like to point out the following.
From the joint press release of the national secretariats of FIOM, FIM, UILM issued after the meeting at MIMIT with Minister Urso, the Government’s commitment to paying attention to Beko’s corporate situation and to convening a meeting with the national and territorial secretariats of FIOM emerged , FIM, UILM and UGL with NewCo, but it also appeared clear that no industrial plan was presented at the meeting between Minister Urso himself and the CEO of Beko and that to date the only tool for protecting production sites and the level of employment remains the Golden Power, the content of which, however, still remains unknown to us.
Well, if analyzing the facts and any possible scenarios now, after the entry of Beko Europe, means being alarmist, when in September the FIM CISL Siena Secretary Cesarano announced to the press the closure of the Siena site within two months what era?
If the FIM and the UILM invite the FIOM to keep a lower profile, the FIOM calls them to raise the level of the discussion and not to resort to futile and useless low-level exploitation which serves no one and certainly not the dispute and the workers involved, who deserve respect and concrete, close and constant defence.
If the other unions are satisfied with the sachet of auspicious seeds that the new company delivered to all the employees of Viale Toselli a month ago, we at FIOM CGIL need facts and true answers, and to date there is only concrete evidence layoffs that Beko’s 299 employees are continuing to make and the lack of an industrial plan, together with a continuous stalling by the Group.
