Portovesme, mayors and workers on a war footing: "We do not accept other closures"

The march on Cagliari scheduled for this morning was canceled following the reassurances of the Region, but the Portovesme workers remain on a war footing and gathered in assembly in front of the factory gates.

The goal is to avert the plans of Glencore which wants to stop the production of lead in the San Gavino and Portovesme plants, sending another 200 workers into layoffs , which would add to the 300 already in cig for a year to stop the zinc line.

The mayors of the area are also on a war footing, as demonstrated by the assembly that took place yesterday in the factory with the unions: "No reconversion is acceptable if the plant does not maintain the paychecks that have always guaranteed bread to 1,500 people. . We all supported this factory, even when someone fought a battle against the steel fumes of the Weltz plant : we made our land available for the landfill, but it must be clear to everyone that we will not accept the shutdown of the other production lines. keeping only the waste ”, thunders the mayor of Iglesias Mauro Usai .

“ We are not resigning ourselves to the umpteenth closure - added the mayor of San Gavino, Carlo Tomasi -, this year we should have celebrated the 90th anniversary of the foundry and instead the anniversary arrives in the most dramatic way. In Italy there is no family that does not have a relative who works in the foundry: the fight must be fought for those who are afraid of not knowing what to live on ”.

"Freezing the announced decisions, the plant remains in motion, the transition and business risks cannot be only on the skin of the workers ", says the mayor of Portoscuso Ignazio Atzori .

Also present were the mayors of Giba, Nuxis, Las Plassas, Carbonia, Gonnesa.

The unions were also yesterday at Villa Devoto, where they met with President Solinas and Councilor for Industry Anita Pili. They asked for the renewal of the cig activated at the end of 2021 for over 300 workers and the blocking of the plan to stop the production of lead, which would leave another 200 at home.

The Region will immediately convene the Glencore property and the CEO Davide Garofalo : in the face of these commitments, the unions have decided to cancel today's event, which included a march on Cagliari with garrison at Villa Devoto, convening a general assembly of workers at the factory gates.