(Finance) – The agreement for the extension of the extraordinary layoffs for 12 months For the workers of Settera di Italia in extraordinary administration (ex Ilva), expired on 28 February last. Involved in total – according to what is learned from trade union sources – 3,062 workers compared to the initial request of 3,400. The company’s representatives and trade union organizations Fim Cisl, Fiom Cgil, Uilm, USB and UGL sign the agreement.
“The convocation of the meeting On Tuesday 11 March at Palazzo Chigi it is an important result obtained by the union, which brings the workers back to the center in the discussion on the future of the establishments of the former Ilva. Today at the Ministry of Labor we have therefore entered the merits of the discussion on the layoffs and we signed the extension agreement. The company accepted the request of the unions to further reduce the number of workers involved by the layoffs that pass by 3,420 to 3062“, In a joint note Loris Scarpa, national coordinator for the Fiom-Cgil, Francesco Brigati, general secretary of the Fiom-Cgil of Taranto and Federico Porrata, of the Secretariat of the Fiom-Cgil of Alessandria.” The restart plan will be followed with the achievement, during 2025, of 4 million tons of steel instead of the 5 million tons. All the treatments set out in the previous agreement last July are confirmed, including the integration of the layoffs to 70%, rotation and training. The agreement signed today – explain the Fiom representatives – also confirms the absence of redundancies and the full validity of the 2018 trade union agreement. It is an important but not resolutive agreement “https://www.Finance.it/detaglionews/33_2025-03-05_TLB/.”Now the comparison will move to Palazzo Chigi. As Fiom -Cgil we will reiterate our position to the government: for the sale of the former Ilva – they conclude – it is necessary to guarantee all the occupation, the integrity of the steel group and the presence in equity in the capital by the state “
“In today’s meeting at the Ministry of Labor, we reached an agreement on the extension of Cigs for an additional 12 months, which substantially maintains the best favor treatments for the workers of steelworks of Italy provided for in the July 2024 agreement. Result not obvious on the eve of the sale”, underline in a note Guglielmo Gambardella, Uilm national secretary, and Davide Sperti, Uilm Taranto secretary. “We await the expected meeting of 11 March to the Prime Minister to find out the state of the art of the transfer procedure of the former Ilva and – underline the representatives of the Uilm – in order to reiterate the government the bond of safeguarding all the current employment, the contract and that of Ilva as” https://www.Finance.it/detaglionOws/33_2025-05_TLB/. Of sufferings and uncertainties for the workers of the former Ilva and after the tragic experience of ArceloMittal – they conclude – we hope as before we can have a turning point “.