«If the regional government were to respond with timidity and laziness to the multinational’s attitude of closure, the risks for employment levels are very high. Councilor Tamajo respects the commitments made in the Commission by convening the table with the Ministry of Industry before October 29th; there is no more time to waste in creating the necessary institutional support to protect Cargill workers but more overall to defend the industrial area as a whole”.
This was said by the regional deputies of the Democratic Party Dario Safina and Nello Dipasquale, members of the Productive Activities Commission at Ars, together with Calogero Leanza, elected deputy elected in the province of Messina, after the unsuccessful meeting of Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil with the representatives of Cargill who last Friday did not intend to accept the proposal for an immediate suspension of the collective dismissal procedure of all the employees of the Giammoro pectin plant.
«The commitment of our delegation and of the Democratic Party as a whole on the Cargill dispute, alongside the workers and trade unions – argues Domenico Siracusano, head of Labor of the Regional Secretary of the Sicily PD – is part of the party’s broader commitment to defining a regional plan of industrial policies that identifies strategies to relaunch the Milazzo – Valle del Mela area and the other Sicilian industrial sites. On this we are playing a decisive step – he concludes – with respect to a credible project for the sustainable development of our region”.