"A tough night, cold, rainy, and humid." The third night, forty meters above ground in Eurallumina's silo three, was the most trying for the four workers. Adding to the difficult weather conditions, there was concern over the slow news from Rome. The workers are demanding the release of the funds essential to the operation of the Portovesme plant, after Eurallumina's assets (owned by the Russian company Rusal) were sanctioned by the Financial Security Committee.
"We hope that today," say the workers barricaded in the silo, "we can truly receive some reassurance from MIMIT and that the Ministry of Economy and Finance has made available the funds necessary for the transition period, to subsequently obtain the lifting of the sanctions which, we recall, have not been applied at Rusal's other European plants."
For the four workers on the silo and their colleagues guarding the gates, the fourth day of waiting begins.