The climate inside the building still remains lit‘Messina Transport Company (ATM). After the controversy last December regarding the alleged irregularities present in the competition notice for some open positions in the Company which then ended up on the bench of the Prosecutor’s Office, the clash in the headquarters in via Flour. This time the theme concerns asbestos roofing found in the workshop rooms and in the offices located immediately above.
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It was the group leader who turned the spotlight on the problem Democratic party in the city council, Felice Calabrò. With him, present during an inspection in the premises reported as dangerous by employees and unions, was also the vice president of the city council Mirko Cantello and the very leaders ofATM.
The response from ATM
ATM SpA promptly made it known that they had the situation under control and that the potentially dangerous materials had been monitored and did not present any critical issues. But for Calabrò “It is essential to intervene immediately, as has been guaranteed to us by the Company, to keep workers safe from any potential risk.”
ATM and mobility: the meeting in the Council Commission
It is no coincidence that a topic such as safety at work was presented on the eve of the debate in Council commission on the topic of mobility. Precisely today, the top management of the company chaired by will meet at Palazzo Zanca Pippo Campagna and trade unions. It will be an opportunity to clarify some of the problems that continue to cause discontent among workers.
Among these – in addition to the decision to use private individuals to manage the vehicle control service – the possible feared outsourcing of the forced removalwhich however should be managed entirely by ATM. At the moment, come on nine workers assigned to the department, as many as six should be moved to other tasks. With the risk of creating a void that could only be filled by referring to workforce currently external to the investee.
The note from the unions
A situation reported by Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Faisa Cisal And Bear. The drivers in question, the unions jointly claim, “would have been assigned with unilateral action to the wheeled operation area”. They will then become bus drivers. This step would have the consequence of stopping at least three tow trucks out of the total of six available in the depots via La Farina. Therefore, they add, “yet another attempt to transfer a part of production to private entities ATM SpA has the duty to carry out in house”. All aspects which he will supervise Felice Calabrò, that he had requested those meetings in the Commission. We will start, as mentioned, from the topic of safety at work.
The speech by Felice Calabrò
“I have received extensive reassurances and both the mayor and the management have been informed ATM, so I think it’s more than enough. That asbestos, although not compromised, must still be removed. Within two weeks or a month I will check the progress of the work”, explained the group leader Democratic party.
ATM, Pippo Campagna: “Situation monitored”
The president of. shows great serenity ATM, Pippo Campagnawho also spoke to the microphones of the Qds: “This is a situation we are monitoring. We would like to avoid the encapsulation of asbestos and we have to eliminate it completely. However, we are carrying out renovation work on all the company’s external infrastructures and once completed we will proceed with the interior. Monitoring has been carried out by our technicians, who have already been mandated to intervene for total elimination, and there are no fine particles in circulation or environments unsuitable for work activities”.
