Portovesme, the workers holed up on the chimney: «Enough of promises, we want answers»
Phone call between the workers and the regional councilor for industry Anita Pili. Villa Devoto reiterates: «We are with you». In the next few hours, a summit with the company, unions and the ministry to find solutions to the disputeWhatsApp Video 2023-03-02 at 12.23.10.mp4
The agitation of the workers of Portovesme srl of Portoscuso continues where for three days four workers have been holed up on a chimney 100 meters high .
This morning the representatives of the Region arrived to show solidarity with the workers, including the Councilor for Industry Anita Pili and the Councilor for the Environment Marco Porcu .
Pili confirmed the "closeness" of Villa Devoto to the workers, underlining the intention to "demand answers" on the dispute during the summit convened for tomorrow by videoconference, which will be attended by, in addition to the delegates of the regional council, also trade unions, representatives of the company and the Ministry of Enterprise.
Councilor Pili also heard the workers on the chimney on the phone, to express their solidarity ( HERE THE VIDEO ).
«Portovesme represents a pole of strategic importance for the economy of Sulcis and of the whole of Sardinia - said Pili - but evidently also and above all, a site of strategic national importance being the only Italian primary producer of zinc and lead. As Regional Council we have guaranteed since the beginning of the crisis, concrete support to the company and to the workers , both with the activity aimed at approving the energy release, and by facilitating a comparison between the subjects in the field, with the aim of tackling stable and effective way the problem of energy cost. Today the same company must be clear about the conversion and the real conditions that prevent the further stoppage of the production lines».
"From the national government - continues the councilor for industry - we continue to demand the identification of instruments of energy equality which today are not guaranteed to any of the energy-intensive companies in Sardinia, unlike what happens in the rest of Italy ".
For their part, during the telephone conversation, the four workers confirmed their intention to remain barricaded until concrete results are obtained on the future of the plant and jobs: "We no longer believe in promises, we want facts" they reiterated.
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