Stellantis, because there is unrest in Melfi
The strike that blocked the Stellantis plant in Melfi, the workers' representatives say, was proclaimed due to the company's failure to respond. Facts and controversies
It's not just US workers who are giving Stellantis headaches . Even in Italy, in fact, yesterday there was a very high level of support for the strike which affected all automotive companies in the province of Potenza, in particular in the industrial area of Melfi and in the Stellantis plant, the main one in our country. .
THE REASONS FOR THE STRIKE IN MELFI
A claim that sees, for once, all the acronyms acting unitedly. “In the meeting called with Stellantis we will ask for clarification on the models and work organization of all the group's plants, starting naturally from Melfi where today there was a strike in the automotive sector with very high support from the workers”, says Gianluca Ficco , Uilm national secretary responsible for the auto sector.
“The workers of the Stellantis Group – attack FIOM – denounce the increase in working times, and the lack of production and employment prospects with continuous incentivized exit of workers.” Furthermore, "we need to stop the race to cut costs which is falling exclusively on male and female workers, with unclear use of social safety nets, compulsory travel and work paces that have reached the limit of endurance."
PROTESTS AGAINST STELLANTIS AND AGAINST POLITICS
“The Basilicata Region can no longer ignore the lack of industrial and employment prospects and the worsening of the overall working conditions of the workers of Stellantis but also of some related companies”, thunder from FIOM .
The targets of the workers' representatives' attacks are double: the management of the factory and the world of politics, at all levels, from Rome to the Region, guilty according to them of not taking an interest in the dossier with the care and attention it deserves. “The Government has promised to commit Stellantis to bring research and development and production activities to the Italian sites but to date there is no news either of the comparison between the company and MIMIT nor of the opening of a real negotiation which must necessarily involve the trade union organizations,” say the unions.
“In recent months – argues Ficco – the comparison we had established with Stellantis has gradually been interrupted. Paradoxically, the institutional table opened at the Ministry of Made in Italy and Business, rather than accelerating, has slowed down the discussion on the Group's prospects in Italy".
THE KNOB OF THE 5 ELECTRIC CARS
“The issues that require discussion – explains Ficco – are many and range from the putting into production of the five new electric cars in Melfi, to the identification of future cars for Pomigliano and Mirafiori, from the declination of the large segment in Cassino, to the distribution of the production of commercial vehicles between Atessa and Poland.”
THE QUESTION OF TERMOLI
“A particular focus – continues the trade unionist – must also be reserved for Termoli, for which we ask for explicit guarantees in favor of all the workers involved in the conversion of the engine and gearbox factory into an electric battery factory. Finally, we ask that the new work organizations respect the best health and safety standards and comply with the protections provided for by the specific collective labor agreement".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/stellantis-perche-ci-sono-subbugli-a-melfi/ on Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:46:49 +0000.