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This article was published May 20, 2015 at 16:38.
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The deal terms Whirlpool backtracks. American society at the table set up at the Ministry of Economic Development has brought a plan update that adds about 500 redundancies, and did not propose, as planned and hoped to workers and trade unions, solutions to save the plant from Caserta Carinaro for the closure.
The new redundancies are added to the 900 already in the plan former Indesit in 2013, 400 of the business plan presented by Whirlpool on April 16 to arrive at the amount of no less than 2,060 redundancies throughout Italy, accounting for one third Workforce’s polo appliances that reaches 6,740.
“After the presentation of the business plan for Italy – a clear statement of Whirlpool corporation – are announcing the integration of administrative functions, as well as the completion of the reorganization of the Italian commercial branch. The plan provides for 480 redundancies within the office staff in Italy: 200 in Fabriano, 200 in the Varese (between Comerio and Cassinetta), 80 in Milan. ”
The company says again ‘willingness to not proceed with unilateral layoffs until the end of 2018 for the office staff. ” Justifies the decisions taken with the need to avoid duplication of functions in Italy. He anticipates: “It will be preserved a multi-regional functions distributed between Cassinetta, Comerio and Fabriano.”
The communication displaces the other participants at the table. “A disgraceful plan – said the minister Federica Guidi that right from the start has taken the direction of the talks – after a month of continuous meetings were not made progress.” The minister reiterated the government’s willingness to reconvene the parties’ also immediately “, but only after the company has submitted new proposals” credible and tangible “that give certainty to employees of the group. A plan that cuts a third of the workforce of the group in Italy – adds the minister Guidi – can not compensate for the positive aspects in the project as planned despite the investments to half a billion and the transfer to Italy of certain production lines of the group currently abroad. ” Even the Secretary of Labor Bellanova Teresa speaks of “a dynamic of confrontation pointing to exasperation.”
Are Baffled and disappointed that the unions already were preparing for a general strike on Friday of the industrial sector in the province of Caserta and the mobilization in Finland, in the province of Turin and that today call for a massive turnout to reject unreservedly plans of the American multinational involving investments of 500 million, but dramatically downsize the workforce and the clerical staff, close the research center of Finland, and the establishment of Carinaro to Albacina, near Fabriano that is absorbed by the factory Melano.
“Whirlpool has unacceptable behavior, they come back with a sustainable plan. We demand the presence at the table of representatives of the board of the US multinational – said the general secretary of Fim, Marco Bentivogli – as it is unacceptable that we put a third of workers outside the company. It becomes even more important to the general strike of Caserta and the mobilization of all the sites. ”
While the Uilm through the national coordinator Gianluca Ficco adds: “Whirlpool is considering to merge the sites Comerio and Milan in one location yet to be identified in Lombardy; also declares itself to not lay off until 2018, provided you have the necessary social safety nets. All this leads us to reiterate our position: the plan must be changed, so you really exclude closures and layoffs, respecting the commitments made in the past not only with employees but also with the institutions. ” He concludes: “We call for the full support of the Government to change their minds at the American multinational.”
“We continue to disagree, we continue to think that the agreements made at the time of Indesit must be maintained and then ask Whirlpool to resubmit its business plan, “added Labour Minister, Giuliano Poletti. “The negotiation is complicated when there statements or proposals which are not consistent with the agreements that had been taken at the time – said the minister -. We are still in this position, we defend the condition that we consider necessary for a proper balance between the need for reorganization of the company and part dall’al’tra its employment. On this we are stuck as applied to Whirlpool and how the government will continue to insist on this point. ”
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