(Finance) – “The Government urgently convenes the trade union organizations at Palazzo Chigi to start the comparison on binding offers”. This is the appeal of Loris Scarpa, National Siderurgia coordinator for Fiom-Cgil After the approval from the Council of Ministers of the Law Decree which provides for further resources equal to 250 million euros for the production continuity of the factories of the former Ilva By withdrawing the resources from the assets already intended for environmental restoration purposes.
“It is an important news that the government has responded to our continuous requests to guarantee the liquidity necessary for the restart plan, with the decision to allocate 250 million euros for steel mills of Italy – he declares Shoe -. The last July agreement provided for a path of restart of the former Ilva with employment guarantees, the wage continuity and the indispensable ordinary and extraordinary maintenance of the plants. These resources allocated today by the Council of Ministers – adds Fiom’s trade unionist – will have to also serve to guarantee the workers of the survey, the latter necessary to ensure the restart of the plants. We reiterate that the state will not be able to disengage, and will have to enter equity in the new corporate structure of steel mills of Italy, in order to guarantee employment and decarbonisation. This is why we believe it is necessary that the government proceeds in this direction, because steelurgery is a strategic asset for the entire industry of the country “.
For the CGIL secretary Maurizio Landini “There is a need to make a choice that sees the maintenance of the public role within the former Ilva, because we are talking about a strategic company. There is no need for it to enter – he underlined – there is already and it was Standing in recent years by the public contributions of all of us. Being involved before the choices are made to be able to express our assessments.