It would appear in the crisis opened at the Caterpillar plant in Jesi is on the home straight after the decision of the American multinational to close the plant and the opening of the dismissal procedure of the 189 employees: the Imr automotive industries of Carate Brianza in fact he put Mise on the table a global proposal that would include the purchase of the factory in the Marche region and the absorption of employment. An expression of interest raised by Caterpillar which on this basis and to “facilitate the definition of the operation and the consequent start of a process of reindustrialisation that protects the workers” has granted the extension, up to now refused, of the procedure by 15 days of mobility, due next Wednesday.
The general agreement, explains the Mise, will therefore be defined in the coming days. Meanwhile, tomorrow the confrontation will move to the Marche Region while the round at the Ministry of Development will be held later, not before March 10: the structure for business crises in synergy with the Ministry of Labor, in fact, it will update the discussion table between the parties, making available all the tools to protect the workers of the production site in the Marche region.
The reception of the trade unions was positive. “Positive day” in fact for the national secretary Fim Ferdinando Uliano which, however, asks for two things: “a suspension of collective redundancies to accompany the workers until the final acquisition by IMR and the definition of a trade union agreement with which to safeguard the entire employment force, both direct workers and those in staff leasing” . On the other hand, the game on reindustrialisation is complex “and it will certainly take a long period”, he concludes. Fiom also satisfied. “Imr’s reindustrialisation project is important”, explains Mirco Rota of Fiom-Cgil recalling how the company has already “intervened in other reindustrialisation operations”. Green disco also from Uilm. “A prospect is finally reopening for the workers of Caterpillar of Jesi thanks to the involvement of IMR “, says Tiziana Bocchi, Uil confederal secretary which, however, does not intend to let its guard down. “The bitter disappointments of recent years in terms of reindustrialisations invite us to be extremely cautious, but of course we must pursue every path that can offer a working future”, she concludes.
But the most satisfied is there Deputy Minister Alessandra Todde. “When we decided to convene the Caterpillar table, we had set ourselves the goal of suspending the layoffs and bringing industrial production back to Italy. Today, therefore, is an important first step, even if not yet decisive for the protection of a strategic territory. like the Marches “, he says, assuring that the Mise” will update the table by making available all the tools to protect the workers of the production site in the Marches “. The suspension of the collective dismissal procedure, explains Todde, “can be formalized tomorrow at the regional table”. And details: “at the end of the suspension, the most suitable social shock absorber will then be identified to accompany the passage which should close in 3-4 months“