Portovesme, workers on the chimney at a height of 100 meters: "We don't go down without answers"

A group of workers from Portovesme srl of Portoscuso barricaded themselves in protest on a chimney of the KSS, the lead plant, at a height of 100 meters

«Today 28 February 2023, the terms of the report signed on 20 January having expired, the redundancy fund for 1,500 workers and the dismissal of 62 temporary workers from Portovesme and San Gavino, our colleagues for years, took effect. and signed by the workers Portovesme srl - As a sign of protest we barricaded ourselves in the highest chimney of the factory. We ask Sardinian and national politics for a concrete commitment to solve the problem of expensive electricity».

«This is not a coup - they add - but it is an action in support of the disputes and initiatives implemented up to now by the RSU and the unions. At this point we need to have an urgent meeting at the ministry to open a national discussion with all the interlocutors sitting at the same table and find an immediate solution on the energy front. Reassurances are not enough, but serious and strong commitments are needed to get us off».

The workers' initiative also found support from the trade unions.

THE UNIONS – «Solidarity to the workers who have undertaken this initiative in defense of work. It is clear that the issue to be resolved is that of energy, unfortunately we have recorded no progress by the institutions. By sharing the workers' document, we ask for a meeting with the competent minister as a matter of urgency", reads a note signed by Emanuele Madeddu (Filctem-Cgil), Vincenzo Lai (Femca Cisl) and Pierluigi Loi (Uiltec Uil).

«The latest initiative is a consequence of the cut in contracts involving the same order, Skv, Gsmi, Fm and Scs - write in a note the territorial secretariats Fiom, Fsm, Uilm of Sulcis-Iglesiente - A contract increased from 200 to 76 people , which can hardly meet the employment expectations required by workers. Yesterday's initiative saw a solution found, through the consensus and agreement with the companies involved, through the subdivision of the work, with the companies that will anticipate the layoffs and that will use the holidays, and the Cigo to overcome the lack of work in these two months of difficulty that await us. A temporary solution, which if it does not involve Portovesme srl is completely unsatisfactory - observe the acronyms - For these reasons, while appreciating the maximum effort made to achieve the partial result of the contracted companies, we urgently ask for a definitive solution to the dispute, which must find a solution through an energy cost that gives production guarantees to Portovesme srl, which must re-employ all the people, without ifs and buts, immediately, in a dignified way».

POLITICS – Messages of closeness have also come from politics. "Faced with the protest gesture of the workers of Portovesme Srl, who have barricaded themselves on the chimney of the KSS plant since last night, politics cannot remain indifferent", says the president of the municipal council of Iglesias, Daniele Reginali.

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