“We are faced with a tragedy that repeats itself almost every day – Mario Ridulfo, general secretary of the CGIL Palermo, declared to Collettiva a few minutes ago –. This time with a character, even in numbers, 5 deaths, of a huge tragedy. Around me at this moment I see the desperation of colleagues and family that are starting to arrive.”
“It appears that there were two temporary workers from Amap and that the others are subcontracted employees, since the works were initially contracted out to a construction cooperative in Alcamo which then he subcontracted the work. Rumors are circulating at the moment, but that there was subcontracting seems very likely.”
“It’s difficult to talk now – continues Mario Ridulfo – the words are often repeated tiredly, we are helpless in the face of these tragedies, the result of a system that speculates on people’s lives and worka system that thinks that this is an economically sustainable cost, otherwise the rules on labor stew cannot be explained, which generate precariousness and insecurity”.
“On the one hand there is legislation that helps precariousness and insecurity, on the other the hunger for work that pushes us to accept risk. – says the trade unionist – We trade unions must do more and more, what we do is never enough, but politics and the government should take the initiative, go beyond mourning”.
For Rdulfo “the responsibility belongs to everyone: we must build the conditions to prevent these tragedies. Here in Palermo we have 4 inspectors for one million two hundred thousand inhabitants and 82 municipalities, many workplaces, small and very small companies that are certain of never being subjected to control, there is political will. Evidently the system thinks that this is a sustainable social cost.”
