(Finance) – Ita did not appear at the table of the Ministry of Labor on workers Covisianto risk of dismissal after the withdrawal of the order by Ita Airways for the services of call center. The minister Andrea Orlando he called the fact “very serious”. “The unwillingness to confront and the lack of institutional respect – said Orlando – cannot be underestimated. I will ask my colleague Franco and the other ministers involved for a discussion to agree together on the consequent initiatives”. Orlando considered in fact “unjustifiable” the absence of the top management of ITA Airways from the table.
According to what i labor unionsthe airline sent a letter to the Ministry of Labor whose contents were disclosed during the meeting and in which it announced that it had directly hired approximately 150 people for call center services, of which 50% from Alitalia in extraordinary administration and the others from outside. All 543 current workers would therefore be excluded, of which 221 Covisian and the others of Almaviva.
“What happened today at the Ministry of Labor at the crisis table for the is dismayed call center of the public company Ita. Today a fully publicly controlled company intended to scare the Italian Government by announcing once the meeting had begun that it would not show up and that it would be internalizing the service, proceeding to carry out hiring ex novo and relocation of former Alitalia staff following Covisian’s decision to no longer honor the agreement signed a few months ago which should have guaranteed employment continuity for 543 male and female workers. We are faced with a act violent in contempt of any law and respect for institutions and people “, reads a joint note from the trade unions Slc Cgil, Fistel Cisl and Uilcom Uil at the end of the Covisian table at the Ministry of Labor.
“Such an act questions not only the seriousness of government tables, but the existence of the entire customer care sector. The confederal union will not leave these alone 543 families. Now a tough, difficult dispute begins, but we will not leave a single centimeter of space for Ita’s arrogance and Covisian’s irresponsibility. We are also waiting to know the actions that the Government and Minister Orlando will want to adopt “, concluded the trade unions.
Ita motivated his absence as follows: “following the unilateral breach by Covisian of the supply contract for the Ita Airways call center, as part injured“, the company” was not present “at the table.