The government, according to what we learn, has asked the unions to update the table at Palazzo Chigi after the Court of Cassation set the hearing for 20 October to discuss the extraordinary appeal against the decree of the Court of Appeal of Milan which ordered the closure of the hot area. The decree with the measures to protect workers, which should have arrived in the Council of Ministers, will therefore be discussed "when the general picture is clearer".
According to what we learn, the discussion began at Palazzo Chigi between the government and the trade union organizations Fim, Fiom, Uilm, Usb and Federmanager on the prospects of the former Ilva, in light of the rejection by the Court of Appeal of Milan of the requests for suspension presented by the companies in extraordinary administration Ilva and Acciaierie d'Italia. This is the fourth meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the unions since the beginning of the year, after those of 5 March, 28 July and 8 September. Since the beginning of the legislature, however, there have been twenty meetings of the table regarding the dispute chaired by the undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council Alfredo Mantovano, in addition to discussions held with local authorities and with representatives of companies and related industries.
Commitment to a green future for steel, with electric furnaces powered by Dri, continuation of the tender for the sale of the plants, protection of workers, both in the steel mills and in related industries through a layoff model that does not correspond to the CIG for cessation of activities and the start of reindustrialization projects in the Taranto area. These are the points of the government's strategy for the former Ilva which, according to what we learn, were illustrated by the undersecretary to the Prime Minister Alfredo Mantovano to the unions during the meeting.
"The workers are mobilized to block layoffs (in related industries). We think that in the situation we are in, our proposal, the one we put forward to the government, was the only practicable proposal. That is, that of a public company that gives continuity to decarbonisation and guarantees production and employment". The general secretary of Fiom Michele De Palma said this before entering Palazzo Chigi for the meeting. De Palma specified how "the delay has generated a complex situation. Now the point is how to safeguard workers and decarbonisation. But on the other hand, production and employment, otherwise we run the risk of stopping our country's steel production".
The public hearing to discuss the appeal of Ilva in as, Acciaierie d'Italia and Adi Holding in as, the first owner and the other managers of the plants, against the decree with which, on 27 July last, the Court of Appeal of Milan ordered the closure of the hot area of the former Ilva in Taranto, within 90 days, due to pollution and damage to health, is scheduled for 20 October before the united sections of the Supreme Court. "Due to the interests involved in the dispute, which affect fundamental rights - we read in the provision setting the hearing - and the scope of the contested ruling, a speedy handling of the appeals in a public hearing is necessary". The public prosecutor, given the accelerated procedure "given the urgency", will be able to file a brief by 5 October, the resistant parties by 14 October, while the appellants by 17 October. The appeals propose a total of 25 grounds of appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal arising from the proceedings brought by a group of citizens of Taranto.
A technical table will be held on Friday which will focus "on issues concerning social management and issues that are open for workers of the former Ilva. This was confirmed by the unions at the end of the meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the government.
