Why the unions spank Italtel
The 19 layoffs at Carini's Italtel have been averted but the unions attack: “The company has only opened in the last few hours. Workers forced to swallow a bitter pill”. All the details
An unexpected conclusion, which arrived in the Cesarini area, that is on the last day of the institutional phase of the collective dismissal procedure, following the meeting at the Ministry of Labor between the national Fim, Fiom and Uilm and the National Coordination of the territories and the Rsu.
"In the 4 previous meetings – recall from Uilm – Italtel had not exhaustively clarified some issues posed by the trade union delegation starting from the perimeter of the procedure, had not given answers about the concerns about the future of Italtel, about possible future transfers of branch of company, on the questions posed about the stability of the corporate structure, but rather confirmed the business plan presented in July".
NO LAYOUTS IN ITALTEL, BUT THE UNIONS GRULN
At the end of the time, an agreement was signed on the use of solidarity contracts which goes beyond the dismissal procedure for the 19 workers from Palermo . An agreement which, however, is not celebrated by the trade unions with the enthusiasm one would expect given that "it provides for further sacrifices for Italtel workers".
The unions that took part in the negotiations also highlighted how "the company's attitude has always been non-cooperative with respect to the possibility of finding a non-traumatic solution in the union".
"We have come to the use of a conservative tool", write the unions referring to the solidarity contract which will involve 162 workers compared to the redundancy declaration which concerned 123 workers and which in the agreement is instead lowered to 107, only "with a lot of effort”, the workers' representatives point out again. "After a long discussion and strong resistance from the Company", Fim, Fiom and Uilm obtained a "reduction of the maximum percentage of CDS which in the first instance was equal to 90%".
THE CONTENT OF THE AGREEMENT
The solidarity contract will impact 162 workers in the following way:
85 people at 85%
22 people at 50%
55 people at 30%
"PENALZED SICILIAN SITE"
Although layoffs will be avoided and redundancies will be managed with non-traumatic solutions, Fim, Fiom and Uilm believe that "the fallout from the agreement is particularly penalizing for the Carini site where the highest percentage of recourse to applied solidarity far exceeds the number of units identified as redundancies in the procedure of 28 February 2023".
In particular, the unions condemn “Italtel's attitude during the management of the dispute, giving opening only in the last hours of the expiry of the procedure, preventing responsible and reasonable negotiation, which forces everyone, male and female workers and trade unions. to swallow a bitter pill".
For this reason Fim, Fiom and Uilm "will work to constantly monitor the management of the CDS in order to lower the percentages of impact on the personnel involved". “The OO.SS. – continues the joint note – they will also not forget the commitment made by the company to the Ministry regarding the training actions to be put in place in the future for the retraining of personnel, with particular attention to the Carini site, requesting activation already in the coming days of a discussion table with the RSUs of all the production sites.”
Also because, it is underlined, the workers of Carini although saved in extremis from dismissal "find themselves without knowing where their future place of work will be, in fact a few months ago, the company proceeded to "sell off" the historic site, simultaneously refusing to respond to repeated requests from local trade union organisations. Yet another signal – accuse the unions that demonstrates the progress of the process of industrial desertification of the South. We therefore believe that this phenomenon can also be combated through the protection of Italtel workers."
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/perche-i-sindacati-sculacciano-italtel/ on Mon, 22 May 2023 09:38:36 +0000.