Electrolux confirms closure in Cerreto d'Esi: state of unrest proclaimed

Disillusionment, but not resignation. These are the feelings that were felt this morning during the meeting of Electrolux workers at the Cerreto d'Esi (Ancona) plant. After the two-day technical roundtable at the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy on 3 and 4 September, the Swedish multinational confirmed its intention to close the Cerreto plant resulting in 170 direct redundancies, in addition to those in related industries.

The trade unions responded by proclaiming a state of agitation and deciding on an 8-hour strike package, the modalities of which will be decided shortly. Furthermore, they asked the minister, Adolfo Urso, to convene the political crisis table at Mimit as soon as possible. In this regard, Minister Urso has already announced that tomorrow, 8 September, he will be in video connection with all the presidents of the Italian regions in which the Electrolux factories are located. Among these, obviously, also the governor of the Marche, Francesco Acquaroli.

"The company's positions - reports Pierpaolo Pullini, member of the provincial secretariat of Fiom - are truly inadmissible and offensive, especially in light of the sacrifices made in recent years and the availability that have always been given. However, there is a clear mandate from the workers to put pressure on the institutions to be incisive in this very complicated dispute. The rejection of Electrolux's behavior is good, but now decisive and concrete actions are needed".

Everyone is ready to set up trade union initiatives starting with the 8-hour strike "which will be carried out in the most incisive way possible. Talking about the reindustrialization of a factory that has jobs and is brought to Poland - concludes Pullini - is a disgrace in a project that absolutely must be stopped".