Whirlpool announces more job losses, anger Government – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

21:08 May 20, 2015

(AGI) – Rome, May 20 . – “Unspeakable” plan Whirlpool.
And ‘the judgment of the government after a month of meetings with the company and the trade unions that have not been progress. The Minister of Economic Development Federica Guidi reiterated availability ‘to reconvene the parties “also immediately”, but after that the company will have’ presented new proposals “credible and tangible” that give certainty to employees of the group and respond to the need of preserve employment aspects.
Whirlpool today presented the restructuring plan of the administrative offices, which adds further 480 redundancies, “thus redundancies totaling around Italy rose to 2,060 of 6,700 employees, of which 1,430 in factories, 150 in R & amp; D and just 480 in the administration, “says Gianluca Ficco, national coordinator Uilm industry, at the end of the table to the Ministry.
” From these numbers, however, ‘in company accounts should be deducted 280 increases in employment that are programmed in Cassinetta (Varese), “continues Ficco. Of the 480 new redundancies announced in administrative offices, 200 are in Varese, 200 in Fabriano, 80 in Milan; Whirlpool also is considering to merge the sites Comerio (Varese) and Milan in one location yet to be identified in Lombardy; Finally, also for employees, Whirlpool declares availability ‘not to lay up to 2018, provided you have the necessary social safety nets. According to the company, with the acquisition of Indesit Company there ‘was “the duplication of some roles, which currently needs to be addressed in order to ensure an efficient and effective”. Cosi ‘Whirlpool Corporation justifies further 480 redundancies “within the office staff in Italy”. The company confirms its availability ‘to “not proceed with layoffs unilateriali until the end of 2018 for the office staff.”
Whirlpool says that with the acquisition of Indesit “has doubled in size in the region Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and now has the opportunity ‘only to create a company able to compete on the market for decades to come as well as’ to continue to create value for employees, consumers, business partners, suppliers and shareholders. “
But Labour Minister, Giuliano Poletti, asks Whirlpool” to resubmit its business plan. ” “We still think that the agreements made at the time of Indesit should be maintained.” Asked if at this point the deal is complicate, the minister replied: “It is more difficult when there statements or proposals which, in fact, are not consistent with the agreements that had been taken at the time. We are still in this position: defending the condition that we consider necessary for a proper balance between the need for reorganization of the company on the one hand and on the other the protection of the work. On this basis we are still on the Whirlpool and asked how the government continue to insist on this point. ”
Fiom, in a statement, announcing that ‘and’ should mark a turning point in the dispute decided: Whirlpool must uncover all the cards to a different outcome from that currently provided by the plan and provide solutions for all Group employees in able to avert the closure of the sites and to maintain the integrity ‘of the Group. Faced with the government’s decision not to reconvene the parties to the Fiom confrontation must continue and at the same time to be decided initiatives of mobilization and struggle, as well the general strike of the industry already ‘proclaimed in Caserta for May 22 and assemblies at all plants and offices, up to the general strike of the whole group. ” (AGI).