The side effects of the war in Ukraine are already being felt on the Costa Smeralda. After the EU embargo on Russian oligarchs who fall into Putin's sphere of influence, the billionaires who have seen their business frozen beyond the curtain begin to sack the workers of the luxury properties in the VIP paradise of Sardinia.
"This morning I received dozens of reports from workers who were told that from Monday they will no longer have to go to work", says Mirko Idili, territorial secretary of Cisl Gallura.
Maintainers, gardeners, security officers and administrators are welcomed by the financiers and industrialists who own dozens of villas and properties on the Costa Smeralda and this corner of Sardinia. And with their layoffs, cancellations upon cancellations are also coming to numerous local construction companies engaged in redevelopment and maintenance work on the gleaming real estate of Russian tycoons.
"Ours is a reality in which there is a huge presence of capital and investments, in the form of sumptuous villas and mega yachts that are owned by many companies attributable to Russian oligarchs, financiers and millionaires", continues Idili.
In Gallura, according to the Sardinia Tourism Observatory, over 40 thousand Russians spend their holidays, for a total of 220 thousand presences. "2020 in Gallura was the black year for employment, with less than 60% of hires compared to the previous year, due to the pandemic. strongly concrete - observes Idili - In the next few hours we will ask for a meeting with the mayor of Arzachena, Roberto Ragnedda, and with all the competent institutions in order to make the most appropriate assessments and implement the consequent protection actions in the interest of these fathers and mothers of families ", concludes the CISL secretary.
(Unioneonline / vl)