THEn a letter, addressed to Rinaldo Melucci, mayor and president of the Province, the general secretary of the Filea CGIL of Taranto, Francesco Bardinella, asks for interventions for protect workers in view of rising temperatures.
«As the summer season approaches, the risks to workers’ health increase significantly. The number of accidents at work, unfortunately often fatal, remains dramatically high. It is for these reasons that Fillea CGIL has asked the Government in recent days to intervene immediately, also implementing structural measures, to prevent the many injuries and illnesses associated with the heat risk and among other things the adoption of standards for the recognition, by the Contracting Authorities, of any delays in the delivery of the works, in the event of interruption due to extreme climatic events”.
Francesco Bardinella, general secretary of Filea CGIL of Taranto
«It is also clear that the health of workers cannot wait for the times of national politics. The initiative of the Municipality of Taranto through the union ordinance n. 25 of 07/28/2023 went in the direction we hoped for protection and safeguarding of workers’ health, using the risk map prepared by Inail and recognized as a very important public health result by the Worklimate Project (Inail-Cnr). We therefore ask you – the letter concludes – to adopt a similar measure again for the Municipality of Taranto and to raise awareness, in his capacity as President of the Province, of all the Mayors of the Municipalities of our territory so that they intervene to protect the health of workers exposed to high temperatures”.
