“We had asked that forestry reform not end up, once again, on a dead end. It seems to us that it is back on track. However, we always need certainty about contents, times and resources. For this reason, after today’s positive meeting at Palazzo d’Orleans, we will return to discuss tomorrow in a technical meeting with the bureaucratic leaders of the Region at the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture“. This was stated by the general secretaries of Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil and Uila-Uil Sicilia Adolfo Scotti, Tonino Russo And Nino Marino After a meeting at the Presidency of the Region.
“On the agenda – recall the trade unionists – there is the forestry reform which is still awaiting approval by the Council before the final examination at the Ars. We wanted to once again underline how our demands do not only concern working days, but also the reorganization of an environmental protection system that is leaking on all sides. Just think of the fact that fires are put out, but trees haven’t been planted for years. Desertification of the territory and hydrogeological instability are not things that can be fought with words. To do this, manpower is needed and it is needed now. Here because – the trade unionists underline – we will continue to fight so that the necessary funds are immediately available to guarantee all forestry workers twenty-seven more days”. “From the Region – observe Scotti, Russo and Marino – today we received commitments on economic resources, together with full availability for a close and constructive dialogue on the reform text. In fact, in our opinion, some aspects of the draft law need to be modified. Enhancement of professionalism, expansion of skills, generational turnover and training, efficiency of the new single Agency are some of the points that we consider essential for Sicily to finally have good legislation for the reorganization of the Forestry, not a law just for the sake of it”.
