A memorandum of understanding for the protection of employment and for health and safety in the workplace in Sardinia.
It is the one signed today by the Region with Cgil, Cisl and Uil in Buggerru . A symbolic date and place: it was September 4, 1904 , when one of the protests of that hot period for the miners of Iglesiente, ended in blood with the death of four workers and the wounding of 11 others, an episode that led, a few days later, to the first general strike in Italy.
"The Buggerru massacre represents a historical tragedy that has profoundly affected the world of work, becoming a constant warning for social justice aimed at future generations in Sardinia and Italy", we read in the introduction to the document that commits the Region and trade unions to implement a series of concrete actions to promote quality, health and safety at work on the Island, to improve working conditions, prevent accidents and occupational diseases and build new tools and policies .
In Sardinia, the Region recalls, since the beginning of the year, there have already been 13 victims of fatal accidents at work . Every year, over a thousand people lose their lives in Italy due to accidents at work, while the cases of accidents exceed 500 thousand, in addition to occupational diseases.
"For too long we have always been a region that, even from a union point of view, has always been remembered for its revolts. Here, for once it is nice that the region is remembered for a gesture that is the first and only respect in the national panorama", underlined the governor Alessandra Todde during her speech.
For Industry Councilor Emanuele Cani , "today many things have changed, but we continue to talk about exploitation and accidental deaths. From the sacrifice of the Buggerru miners, who then paved the way for subsequent claims, we must start to guarantee quality, health and safety in the workplace." "The hope," stressed Culture Councilor Ilaria Portas , "is that we can create safe work on our island, and that no one will have to mourn a family member who went out to go to work and did not return home."
(Online Union)