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Midi , April 16, 2015 – 24:54

     
     
 

Il garrison at the gates of Carinaro (De Martino / Ag. Frattari)

Caserta – There is no future for the establishment of Indesit Carinaro, in Caserta. It now remains to be seen what will become of about 800 workers. It is what has been learned at the Ministry of Development, where the business plan of Whirlpool, the group has presented to the unions, provides for the closure of the production point of Caserta that had already been emptied of a part of the production lines and where, as already mentioned , there is still a work force of approximately 800 units. The plan, in its entirety, includes 1,350 redundancies in total: 1,200 in 150 factories and research centers, as announced by Gianluca Ficco Uilm national. Late in the afternoon, after the first thunderous reaction from unions and institutions, there have been some clarifications. The plant Albacina (Ancona) close but employment and production will be transferred “to 8 km in Melano: the pole of Fabriano who will become the first in Europe for hobs, a real asset,” explained the CEO of Whirlpool Italy David Castiglione. “The most painful choice” plan-Whirlpool Indesit is instead that the closure Carinaro.

The first reactions in Caserta and Marche

Nonetheless did not like the governor of Marche Gian Mario Spacca exclusion from the meeting of the Regions on the Mise-floor Whirlpool Indesit. “It’s unique – he says – that of an affair of such importance, the national government has ruled out the participation of the Regions.” The Bishop of Fabriano Monsignor Giancarlo Vecerrica has taken the field, going to the protest of the workers of that Indesit Albacina blocked the Sp 256 to protest against the plan presented by Whirlpool redundancies. “I came to my support, he said, and I have made available, for what I can do.” In the past two years Monsignor Vecerrica has always been on the side of the workers in the group appliance Fabriano, participating in marches in defense of jobs. “Whirlpool-Indesit, government feels regions. Together strategies and plans to save workers and factory-Carinaro Caserta ‘has instead tweeted the governor of the Campania Region, Stefano Caldoro, who then summoned to horas regional unions. The establishment of Indesit Carinaro after ‘shock announcement “of the closure of the factory just two years after the closing of the other twin Teverola settlement that had cost nearly 200 redundancies the approximately 800 employees blocked the production giving rise to an immediate strike. Then poured out of the gates resulting in a first line of defense. “We will build the reaction tougher to reject this plan and we hope that the government is on our side to change their minds to the multinational Whirlpool” has undergone said the secretary general of Uilm Campania, Giovanni Sgambati. The RSUs of Caserta, followed by the establishment stream the meeting in progress at Mise, left the room to prepare an immediate reaction. “Whirlpool assumes great responsibility to close the last reality that in the history of the brand Indesit” added Sgambati. “The worst thing is that closes in a region already devastated as Caserta and in fact contradicts what was said by the company in February on maintaining existing agreements,” said the union leader. The workers of Indesit Albacina (Ancona) blocked the county road 256 Muccese and are heading towards the highway Ancona-Rome to protest against the plan to 1,350 redundancies in Italy presented today by Whirlpool Indesit-to Mise. Alongside them is the mayor of Fabriano Giancarlo Sagramola, the Democratic Party. Indesit, before the acquisition, had undertaken not to resort to layoffs until the end of 2018 and to invest 83 million in Italian factories.

Fiom: “Open the dispute Campania»

The plan presented today by the US multinational concerns the factories of the Group, while for the business centers the comparison is postponed to June. Of ‘dispute Campania »speaks meanwhile Fiom. “A Carinaro – supports the initials metalworkers CGIL – are more than 800 workers and workers now employed in addition to the thousands of jobs already wiped out. Campania is paying a high price in terms of employment, we are now at the industrial desertification of one of the most important regions of the South. We are no longer in the presence of individual disputes, but in front of a real “dispute Campania” on which the government and the region have to say what they intend to do and when we ask them to take immediate action. ” Whirlpool, it is noted, “merely illustrate the guidelines of the business plan. Discussions with the unions, which will be launched next Monday will have to build answers to all workers and all group sites. To gain these answers and accompany the comparison, again the workers of Whirlpool will have to field initiatives and mobilizations. ” Fiom “put at the center of this difficult confrontation with the US multinational defense employment and industrial prospects of the territories involved and decide, as it has done during the difficult dispute Indesit in 2013, together with the workers.”

The group: strive 500 million

‘L’ Italy will be the focus of long-term strategies of the company ” Meanwhile, the group says in a statement released after the meeting at Mise. The new investments “go above and beyond the 83 million euro made available by Indesit in 2013″. There is talk of 500 million to be committed. The plan, claiming Whirlpool, expected total production volumes in Italy rises, creating in Fabriano (Ancona), the largest plant in Europe for the production of hobs and strengthening in Cassinetta (Varese), the largest European pole products recessed. The plan also reinforces the role of Italy as a center for research and development, attracting to the country more than 70% of expenditure for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). “It creates for us today a unique opportunity to expand the global leadership of Whirlpool also the EMEA region,” said the CEO Italy and vice president of Whirlpool EMEA Industrial Operations, David Castiglioni. “I am confident that the business plan that we have presented will allow us to become competitive and sustainable in the long run.” Whirlpool plan for the integration of the assets acquired from Indesit is “the best that we can put in place. We looked at all possible planes, is the best way to ensure continuity and sustainability in the long term, “he added Davide Castiglioni, CEO of Whirlpool Italy. “No one will be left alone. Whirlpool is available to work with the institutions and trade unions “and” will not make unilateral layoffs until 2018, “said the CEO again.

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