Salis' words
"We welcome with satisfaction the commitment of the government and the Commissioners to guarantee the production and employment continuity of the former Ilva factories, which allows workers to suspend the mobilization of these days. The Cornigliano factory is not closing and will continue to produce: it is a great result, thanks to the struggle, determination, unity and dignity demonstrated once again by the workers". This was declared by the mayor of Genoa Silvia Salis. "However, we are still far from the end of a game that has been going on for too, too long and which has already demanded a very high price from the workers and the industrial fabric. Today's document represents an important step forward to guarantee production continuity, but this path must lead as soon as possible to the conclusion of the sale of the former Ilva, to the absolute certainty of jobs, to the full protection of wages and to a real industrial relaunch of the Cornigliano plant and of the entire steel sector of the country, in a fully sustainable manner", he said. added the mayor, stating: "Genoa and the municipal administration do not lower their guard, we will continue to remain alongside the workers, vigilant and intransigent, until the productive and employment future of our city is definitively secured".
The protest in Genoa
Today was the third day of mobilization of the company's workers, who protested in all the cities where the plants are present. In Genoa, the procession of workers from the former Ilva di Cornigliano arrived in Piazza de Ferrari where an appeal was launched to the national executive to intervene in the ongoing dispute. The local political institutions were present, from governor Bucci to mayor Salis, who spoke with the union delegates, and also the Curia. "Everything can be said, however, to tell the truth, governor Bucci has worked hard in recent days. The mayor too, the institutions of Genoa too. The government still doesn't make a move. And the reason why we are here is precisely this", declared a representative of the demonstrators. From the square the chant "where is the government" then rose in unison. Arnaldo Palombo, RSU Fiom Cgil delegate of Ilva Cornigliano, said: "Every day we have times marked by a time card: if we clock in a minute late they will sanction us, ok? We cannot follow the times of the government and politics of Rome, and therefore we are here. I wanted to say it, we share it because we share everything, everything until the end".
Urso: "No one made a separate offer for the Northern factories"
During question time in the Chamber, the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso declared: "As regards the possibility that the northern area is separated from the Taranto area, this was already foreseen in the update of the current tender, but no one has made a proposal for the entire factories in the North". According to the minister, some groups have made "expressions of interest for the entire production complex", "others have instead asked for individual factories, but at present no one has made a proposal for the northern area separate from that of Taranto". The minister then continued: "I myself, when I met Federacciai more than a year ago, to present the tender methods, to some extent made it clear that this was possible, and I also did it when I went to Genoa". Urso then concluded: "In theory it can still be done in the last days of this negotiation phase, before the filing of the binding proposals closes on November 9th".
