After 13 years the project ends positively dispute ex Om with the return to work for 75 workers in Bari. With the formal transfer of ownership of the plant from the Municipality of Modugno to Selectika srl, on the afternoon of 20 June, the completion of the hiring plan for the 75 former Om employees began, from be hired on a permanent and full-time contract.
“Today, after a very long time, ends an affair that began when I was mayor of Bari and was probably the first serious dispute – stated the president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano – I still remember standing in front of the gates of this company with the workers for many years and it was very difficult to find a solution. Today, thanks to the stubbornness of the Puglia Region, the Municipality of Bari, the Municipality of Modugno, the unions and above all the resistance of the workers, we managed to reach a conclusion”.
“This means that we never give up and that until even the last job is safeguarded, no one will take a step back. Today we celebrate, however – adds the governor – we must remember the behavior of a multinational which after having purchased a very prestigious Italian brand has relocated it and wanted to close this factory; we will not forget the name of this multinational. One person we must mention today is Leo Carolithe head of the regional task force, without whom none of this would have been possible.”
