110 years ago in Buggerru the dramatic work accident cost the lives of 4 sorters , engaged in the mine.
The Regional Labor Councilor Ada Lai spoke today on the subject, taking part in the meeting " Injuries at work: evolution of the legislation from the 1900s today " in the council chamber of the Municipality with a video message. of Southern Sardinia.
«Once again, we remember the sacrifice of the young workers who died on March 18, 1913: Maria Saiu , aged 36 , Anna Pinna , aged 24 , Laura Lussana , aged 20 and Anna Rosa Murgia , aged just 15 . Together with them were wounded : Luigi Cadeddu , Mariangela Zoccheddu and Assunta Algisi . Young women, mothers, and among them even girls. They worked as sorters with inhuman shifts and working conditions . Too often the work, the sacrifice of so many women has been forgotten. It is our duty to continue remembering that tragedy , commemorating it every year, as a warning. Work is dignity, work is freedom, it is the contribution we make to society,” Lai underlined. The commissioner then added that «we need to invest more and more in training, prevention and safety, also from a gender point of view. Promote a real culture of safety at work . Because accidents at work, today as yesterday, are a humiliation that can no longer be tolerated. A defeat for the whole society.
For the regional councilor for public education, Andrea Biancareddu , the commemorations are «an event of great emotion and cultural relevance so as not to forget our history. Buggerru in the twentieth century was a thriving mining village , the fifth center of the island. Sardinia has grown over time, the mines have closed, and those stories of oppression and death belong to a past that we must preserve to keep alive the spirit of solidarity and the value of historical memory for the younger generations".
(Unioneonline/vf)