Disappointment at today's summit convened by videoconference by the Ministry of Labor in agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility to discuss the future of Air Italy workers .
At the table, in which the Regions, company and trade unions were involved, the liquidators who have already received a mandate from the shareholders of the now former Sardinian-Qatari company to continue on the path of collective dismissal for 1,322 employees of the carrier between Sardinia did not even appear. and Lombardy.
The summit thus ends with a stalemate.
The meeting was set to examine the employment situation of the staff for which the redundancy fund will expire on January 31st and will not be renewed, given the non-request by the company. The commissioners themselves, in the last inter-ministerial meeting, had reiterated that they would not ask for an extension of the social safety net. Now the discussion table remains open at the request of the unions until 31 December.
The workers are left with only one hope, that of the Maneuver which could offer another breath of fresh air. In the meantime, news has already arrived from the Sardinia Region of the activation of the EGF, the European Globalization Adjustment Fund, which has 4.5 million for this dispute (3.8 million for the EGF share, 683 thousand euros for the Region). to the national shock absorber, whatever it is, layoffs if by December 31st the Government manages to snatch the result in extremis, or Naspi.
THE UNIONS - "Should there be an extension for these people, a provision of the milleproroghe decree is ready and the possibility of accessing the air transport solidarity fund remains standing, but we do not give up, once again soliciting an intervention out of a sense of responsibility on the part of the property - the general secretary of Filt Cgil Sardegna Arnaldo Boeddu tells ANSA - Today we experienced a film never seen before: no one had ever escaped confrontation with the government ".
According to William Zonca, general secretary of Uiltrasporti, "the rigid line of the company continues of not being present at the table and proceeding with the layoffs. An unacceptable behavior in front of the Italian government, institutions and workers. We are deeply concerned and believe that it is necessary use all the necessary tools with the Budget Law and the Milleproroghe to find protection systems for the air transport sector ".
(Unioneonline / D)