Moments of tension in Silius where the workers of the mine occupied the two wells in Gennas Tres Monti . "The reasons for the protest - explains the CGIL - are linked to the absence of certainties about the future in view of the restart of the mining activity assigned by the Region through a public concession to the private company Mineraria del Gerrei from 1 July".
The workers are barricaded in a tunnel 600 meters deep , determined to stay on site until they have certain answers about their future employment. The Silius deposit is characterized by various minerals such as fluorite and quartz.
The secretary of the CGIL of Cagliari Giampiero Manca explains, «there are various problems regarding the Gennas Tres Montis mine. On the 23rd the workers learned that this monthly salary would not be paid to the miners who work at this site. Then in the face of a resolution of the regional council which defines that the workers can be employed in San Basilio and Silius and in the neighboring areas , some of them have also been transferred to Lula, in the Nuoro area, 200 km away. Finally, the private individual who will take over on July 1 has never presented himself to either the unions or the workers: a meeting has been called for tomorrow and we don't know if he will come".
«In 30 years of experience, never seen a company that did not speak to the unions and did not respond to institutional tables, now we need to understand how it is possible to give a mining concession to those who have little interest in the employment effects on the territory», Marco Nappi adds. , secretary of Femca Cisl Sardinia .
«Now we hope that tomorrow, in the meeting convened at 11:30, at the Department of Industry in Cagliari, those answers will arrive that workers are asking about their employment future. From what we know when fully operational, the mine will need about a hundred workers for mining, but we know nothing about the fate of those 34 who have worked on behalf of Igea to date », he explains.
In addition to councilor Anita Pili , who this morning learned of the news of the protest "with concern", the mayors of San Basilio and Silius, the trade unions and the top management of Igea Spa and Mineraria Gerrei will take part in the table on the future of the mine.
«We want to shed light - explains Pili - on Igea's failure to comply with the indications provided by the regional council, with a specific resolution, on the employment continuity of workers. We have given precise political guidelines aimed at maintaining job security without creating discrimination or discomfort. We disagree with the unilateral decision of Igea to move the miners to Lula, 200 km away ».
"We hope - continues the exponent of the Giunta - that tomorrow's table will shed light on the real industrial and employment repercussions in the area in view of the imminent start of activity of Mineraria Gerrei". On the payment of the last month's salary to the workers, he concludes, "we are carrying out the appropriate checks" .
(Unioneonline/vf-L)