
The general secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, announced in Genoa the mobilization of 17 October in Rome against the dismissal of 131 workers by Ericsson, defining the company choice as unjustified since the company is profitable.
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Ericsson has announced the dismissal of 131 employees in Italy. CGIL contests the decision arguing that the company is in a profitable position.
"We will do everything" to safeguard Ericsson workers". This was said by the general secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini in Genoa to launch the mobilization on 17 October in Rome.
Landini met today with a delegation of workers from the Swedish company which has decided to fire 131 workers.
"We must stop this choice by the group - he continued - also because, among other things, it is a company that makes profits, we are not talking about a company in crisis, which must take its books to court. So we will do everything we can, including if necessary challenging even those procedures that we consider to be incorrect and not respectful of the law, precisely because we are faced with a totally wrong choice."
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Trade union mobilization in Rome on 17 October.
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