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Electrolux, a worker’s stronghold: “From Urso, an attitude like that of Pontius Pilate”

Electrolux’s plan and the layoffs remain on the table, awaiting a new meeting at the Mimit (Italian Ministry of Economic Development) on June 15th. At least for now, there has been no backtracking from the Swedish multinational beyond the demand for withdrawal by unions and workers in a protest outside the Ministry, along with the opposition of local authorities and that of Industry Minister Adolfo Urso and the government, which considers the 1700 job cuts plan in Italy “unacceptable.”

“We are not negotiating with a gun to our heads,” commented Fiom Cgil General Secretary Michele De Palma. He then demanded at the end of the meeting: “The current plan will evidently lead to the cessation of production in our country because it immediately halves the productive capacity in Italy through the transfer of products and with the risk of an even worse situation. We will never accept a plan that would determine the end of household appliances in our country. The state of agitation and mobilization of workers will continue until June 15th.”

While Urso and the government say they are opposed, unions have little faith in the government’s action: “We have been honest, the others who said no to the plan will see what they do,” attacked Rocco Palombella, General Secretary of Uilm. He then attacked: “Urso? I perceived from him an attitude like that of Pontius Pilate, more than a determined minister.” De Palma also attacks: “Electrolux today should have told Minister Urso that it would withdraw the plan, but it didn’t. That’s why I believe that if this doesn’t happen by June 15th, it will be Giorgia Meloni who will have to step in, it must call the CEO. This is a plan against production in Italy.”

Article: Electrolux, worker stand: “Urso displays a Pontius Pilate attitude” - Il Fatto Quotidiano

#PontiusPilate #Mimit #Italian #Swedish #AdolfoUrso #Italy #FiomCgil #MicheleDePalma #RoccoPalombella #DePalma #GiorgiaMeloni

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/25/electrolux-esuberi-sindacati-urso-ponzio-pilato-video/8398518/

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Electrolux layoffs table updated as of June 15th. Government and unions: “We reject the plan.” The company: “Production in the EU is unsustainable.”

No steps back. The first table at the Ministry of Enterprises on the Electrolux crisis closed without any opening from the Swedish multinational regarding the layoff of the 1,719 redundancies announced on May 11. Minister Adolfo Urso decided to reschedule the meeting for June 15. From the government to unions and local authorities involved, the message delivered to the group was unanimous: that plan must be withdrawn and replaced with an alternative industrial proposal. However, the managers present at the meeting defended the need for restructuring, arguing that even if “Italy remains a strategic country,” producing appliances in Europe has become economically “unsustainable” due to stagnant demand, price pressure, and structural cost disadvantages. The risk is that within three weeks, a breakdown will occur.

At the table, the company presented figures that reflected the competitive difference compared to non-European countries: the cost of steel in Europe was 31% higher than in China and 27% higher than in Thailand, the hourly cost of labor in Western Europe was 37 euros compared to 12 in Eastern Europe, 9 in Turkey and 5 in Asia, and the price of energy reached 204 euros per megawatt-hour compared to 114 in Asia and 77 in Turkey. Consequently, according to the group, the reduction in the presence in Italy was necessary, with redundancies amounting to 40% of the 4,500 employees in the country. The cuts planned affect all factories: in Susegana, the workforce would fall from 728 to 418, with 310 redundancies, in Porcia from 571 to 309, with 262 jobs at risk, in Solaro from 615 to 398, with 217 redundancies, in Forlì from 683 to 345, with 338 layoffs. For the Cerreto d’Esi plant, in the Marche region, closure is instead planned with the exit of all 170 employees. In addition to the 1,719 redundancies announced – of which 994 were workers and 725 were staff – there are also over 200 temporary workers who, according to the unions, would not be confirmed.

“We are not negotiating with a gun to our heads,” said Fiom Cgil General Secretary Michele De Palma in a comment. “We said that it cannot happen that while we are waiting for the table on June 15 at 3 pm, the company proceeds with opening procedures or relocating activities. Everything must remain frozen.” Later, De Palma and National Secretary Barbara Tibaldi announced that Electrolux “has committed, until that date, not to take unilateral action.” Now, a “real dialogue” must be opened to safeguard employment and factories. “We will never accept a plan that would determine the end of appliances in our country. The state of agitation and mobilization of workers will continue until June 15.”

Similarly, Fim Cisl Leader Ferdinando Uliano stated that Electrolux’s decision is “political”: “They tried to explain it to us with technical reasons, but there is nothing technical that justifies the dismissal of 40% of the workforce, there is nothing technical in the closure of a factory.” For the unionist, the plan represents “an industrial dismantling based on purely financial logic.” The dispute “represents a moment of deep crisis for the appliance sector and for the entire Italian manufacturing sector, constituting a real national emergency,” emphasize Cisl and Fim Cisl.

For Usb “the Mimit cannot become the company’s wish fulfillment factory,” which asked for interventions on the cost of energy, on European regulations, on competitiveness, on productivity and on the organization of work. “If this is the method, then Usb also puts its proposal on the table: Electrolux should be nationalized and removed from a predatory managerial class that in recent years has replaced investments, development, research, product innovation and industrial policy with job cuts, disposals and perimeter reductions. The workers of this country are tired of paying for it all.”

Article Table on Layoffs Electrolux updated to June 15. Government and unions: “Withdraw the plan”. The company: “Producing in EU is unsustainable” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#first #Swedish #AdolfoUrso #Italy #Europe #non-European #China #Thailand #WesternEurope #EasternEurope #Turkey #Susegana #Porcia #Forlì #Marche #FiomCgil #MicheleDePalma #DePalma #National #BarbaraTibaldi #Electrolux #FimCisl #FerdinandoUliano #Italian #Mimit #European #LayoffsElectrolux #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/25/electrolux-licenziamenti-esuberi-tavolo-notizie/8398431/

Today: Stellantis ha cancellato oltre 12mila posti di lavoro (nonostante 19 miliardi di aiuti pubblici): "Nessun investimento su macchinari e impianti"

La situazione di Stellantis global è "molto delicata", e in Italia è "a dir poco emergenziale". A delineare il quadro sulle condizioni del principale costruttore di veicoli nel nostro Paese è stato il segretario nazionale Fiom Cgil, Samuele Lodi, che durante la conferenza stampa organizzata dal...

Stellantis has eliminated over 12,000 jobs (despite €19 billion in public aid): “No investment in machinery and plants.”

Stellantis’ global situation is “very delicate,” and in Italy it is “scarcely emergent.” The picture of the country’s main vehicle manufacturer was outlined by the secretary national Fiom Cgil, Samuele Lodi, who during the press conference organized by…

#Stellantis #Italy #FiomCgil #SamueleLodi

https://www.today.it/economia/stellantis-posti-lavoro-persi-dossier-fiom.html

Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Investire in armi è un trucco per non affrontare la crisi dell’automotive, si prendono in giro i lavoratori”. Le voci dal corteo del Primo maggio di Torino

“Investire in armi è un trucco per non affrontare la crisi dell’industria dell’automotive”. Lo dicono i metalmeccanici della Fiom Cgil che a Torino sono scesi in piazza per il Primo Maggio insieme a migliaia di lavoratori e lavoratrici per il corteo del Primo Maggio. “Nell’ultimo anno abbiamo perso nel settore industriale migliaia di posti di lavoro” racconta il segretario della Camera del Lavoro di Torino Federico Bellono. Una perdita che non può essere sostituita da investimenti nel settore dell’aerospazio e della difesa. “Innanzitutto per questioni morali” precisa il responsabile Fiom Cgil di Mirafiori Gianni Mannori. E poi anche per un tema numerico. “La propaganda della riconversione industriale dall’auto motive alla difesa è una balla colossale – riflette Ugo Bolognesi che segue i lavoratori della Leonardo per la Fiom Cgil – basta vedere i numeri. Nel settore automotive si perdono decine di migliaia di posti di lavoro, mentre nel settore dell’aerospazio e della difesa si sono creati poco più di un migliaio di posti di lavoro”. Servono dunque “politiche industriali vere – conclude Mannori – c’è bisogno di investimenti e nuovi produttori nel settore dell’automotive”.
L'articolo “Investire in armi è un trucco per non affrontare la crisi dell’automotive, si prendono in giro i lavoratori”. Le voci dal corteo del Primo maggio di Torino proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Investing in weapons is a trick to avoid confronting the automotive crisis, they are making fun of the workers. Voices from the May 1st parade in Turin.

Investing in arms is a trick to avoid addressing the crisis in the automotive industry. That’s what the metalworkers of Fiom Cgil in Turin are saying, who took to the streets for May 1st alongside thousands of workers for the May 1st parade. “In the last year we’ve lost thousands of jobs in the industrial sector,” says the secretary of the Chamber of Labor in Turin, Federico Bellono. This loss cannot be replaced by investments in the aerospace and defense sectors. “Primarily for moral reasons,” clarifies Fiom Cgil representative Gianni Mannori from Mirafiori. And then also for a numerical issue. “The propaganda of industrial conversion from automobiles to defense is a colossal lie – reflects Ugo Bolognesi, who follows the workers at Leonardo for Fiom Cgil – just look at the numbers. Tens of thousands of jobs are lost in the automotive sector, while in the aerospace and defense sector, just over 1,000 jobs have been created.” Therefore, “real industrial policies are needed – concludes Mannori – we need investments and new manufacturers in the automotive sector.”

The article “Investing in arms is a trick to avoid addressing the automotive crisis, they are making fun of the workers” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano, reporting from the May 1st parade in Turin.

#Turin #FiomCgil #theChamberofLabor #FedericoBellono #GianniMannori #Mirafiori #UgoBolognesi #Mannori #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/01/primo-maggio-torino-fiom-crisi-industriale-notizie/8372425/

il manifesto: Fiom: «Auto e Ilva, rischio fallimento»

Il governo sta lasciando fallire due comparti fondamentali per il paese: automotive e siderurgia. Lo ha ribadito la Fiom Cgil durante il seminario “Democrazia senza Lavoro, Lavoro senza Democrazia”, in […]
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Fiorindo (Fiom): “Auto and Ilva, risk of bankruptcy”

The government is letting fail two key sectors for the country: automotive and steelmaking. The Fiom Cgil reiterated this during the “Democracy without Work, Work without Democracy” seminar, in […]

#Fiorindo(Fiom #FiomCgil

https://ilmanifesto.it/fiom-auto-e-ilva-rischio-fallimento

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Ex Ilva, De Palma: “Serve serietà, basta con le dichiarazioni di Urso. Meloni si occupi del dossier”

“Jindal? Fino all’altro giorno discutevano degli azeri, poi del fondo Flacks. Bisogna avere la serietà dei tavoli istituzionali, non continuare con le dichiarazioni alla stampa. La premier Meloni prenda in mano il dossier”. Ad attaccare è il segretario generale della Fiom Michele De Palma, a margine di una conferenza stampa, sull’incontro tra il ministro delle Imprese e del Made in Italy Adolfo Urso e i vertici di Jindal Steel sull’ex Ilva.
“Due infortuni mortali per uno che fa il sindacalista sono una sconfitta. L’intero Paese e il governo dovrebbero sentire quello che è successo come una sconfitta”, ha continuato il segretario generale della Fiom Cgil, dopo l’incidente mortale nella quale ha perso la vita Loris Costantino, operatore di una ditta esterna, precipitato dopo aver fatto “un passo nel vuoto” e aver calpestato una griglia letteralmente marcia, coperta dagli avanzi delle polveri nel reparto Agglomerato dell’acciaieria di Taranto. Circostanze simili a quelle nelle quali, a gennaio, aveva perso la vita Claudio Salamida, 46enne impiegato da oltre 20 anni nello stabilimento, che era deceduto a causa del cedimento di un grigliato sotto ai suoi piedi, in Acciaieria 2.
“Gli infortuni non sono frutto del caso – ha sottolineato De Palma – e quindi è del tutto evidente che chi ha delle responsabilità deve togliersi di mezzo. Abbiamo sempre detto che prendere tempo vorrebbe dire perdere tempo e perdere soldi pubblici. Per questo abbiamo detto che si investa e si gestisca il processo di transizione con le lavoratrici e lavoratori”. Riguardo la convocazione dei sindacati a Palazzo Chigi prevista per domani, arrivata dopo settimane di silenzi e la scelta di Fiom, Uilm e Fim di autoconvocarsi, De Palma ha aggiunto: “Siamo stati lasciati soli nel corso di questi mesi, non ci hanno mai ascoltato. Ora andremo a Palazzo Chigi e ci andremo a confrontare con la base di quello che saranno le novità che saranno oggetto di un tavolo istituzionale”.
L'articolo Ex Ilva, De Palma: “Serve serietà, basta con le dichiarazioni di Urso. Meloni si occupi del dossier” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

“Ex Ilva, De Palma: “It needs seriousness, no more statements from Urso. Meloni should deal with the dossier.”

Jindal? Until recently, they were arguing about Azerbaijan, then the Flacks fund. We need the seriousness of the institutional tables, not continuing with statements to the press. Prime Minister Meloni needs to take control of the dossier. Attacking is Fiom Secretary General Michele De Palma, at the sidelines of a press conference, regarding the meeting between Minister of Companies and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso and the top executives of Jindal Steel regarding the Ilva steelworks.

“Two fatal injuries for a union representative are a defeat. The entire country and the government should feel what happened as a defeat,” continued the Secretary General of Fiom Cgil, after the fatal accident in which Loris Costantino, an employee of an external company, fell to his death after taking “a step into the void” and stepping on a grid literally rotting, covered by debris in the Agglomerato department of the Taranto steelworks. Circumstances similar to those in which, in January, Claudio Salamida, a 46-year-old employee working for over 20 years in the plant, died due to the collapse of a grid under his feet, in Steelworks 2.

“Injuries are not the result of chance – De Palma emphasized – and therefore it is entirely evident that those with responsibility must disappear. We have always said that taking time means losing time and losing public money. That is why we said that an investment and management of the transition process should be made with workers and workers.” Regarding the summons of the unions to Palazzo Chigi scheduled for tomorrow, arrived after weeks of silence and the choice of Fiom, Uilm and Fim to self-organize, De Palma added: “We were left alone throughout these months, they never listened to us. Now we will go to Palazzo Chigi and we will confront ourselves with the base of what will be the new developments that will be the subject of an institutional table.”

The article Ex Ilva, De Palma: “Serve serietà, basta con le dichiarazioni di Urso. Meloni si occupi del dossier” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#DePalma #Meloni #Azerbaijan #Flacks #MicheleDePalma #Italy #AdolfoUrso #JindalSteel #FiomCgil #LorisCostantino #Agglomerato #Taranto #ClaudioSalamida #Steelworks2 #PalazzoChigi #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/03/04/ilva-de-palma-jindal-urso-meloni-dossier-news/8313432/

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A Roma la manifestazione nazionale dei metalmeccanici, i sindacati: «Settore al collasso, agire presto»

Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil e Uilm-Uil scendono in piazza per difendere l'occupazione e rilanciare il futuro dell'industria dell'auto

Translated:
In Rome, the national demonstration of metalworkers, the unions: "Sector on the verge of collapse, act quickly".

Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil and Uilm-Uil are descending on the square to defend jobs and relaunch the future of the automotive industry.

#FimCisl #FiomCgil #Italy #Rome
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