Whirlpool, closure of Naples: first letters of dismissal for workers

The first dismissal letter received from a worker at the Whirlpool plant in Naples has arrived. The letter, as reported by the workers of the factory in via Argine, was delivered by hand by a bailiff. The letter refers to the collective redundancy procedure initiated by the company on July 15 and “confirmed”. The company, as explained by the multinational, has also decided to keep valid until November 30 the offer of an incentive equal to 85,000 for all workers concerned or, alternatively, the possibility of maintaining the job with the transfer at the Cassinetta di Biandronno (Va) site. Tomorrow morning at 9 there will be a meeting of all the workers of the Whirlpool plant in Naples. “Whirlpool’s arrogance has no limits”, declared in a joint statement Barbara Tibaldi, Fiom-CGIL national secretary and Fiom appliance manager, and Rosario Rappa, Fiom CGIL Napoli general secretary. “The multinational, in contravention of the commitments made – they add – sent the first letters of dismissal this afternoon to the workers of the Neapolitan plant in via Argine. This umpteenth act of arrogance comes just as we await the sentence of the Court of Naples which will have to decide on the appeal presented by Fim, Fiom and Uilm on the anti-union conduct of the American multinational. This demonstrates that Whirlpool, in addition to making waste paper from the trade union agreements signed with the government, does not even respect the Italian judiciary “.” In days the government will have to convene with the ministers for Labor and Economic Development who will have to take responsibility for building a path to give employment continuity to the workers of Naples. A path that avoids layoffs, which for us are unacceptable. The fight will continue until when the plant in via Argine will not resume production n we will never abandon workers “, Tibaldi and Rappa conclude.” The measure is full: the multinational Whirlpool, with a government crisis table still underway, with the involvement of the Campania Region and the Municipality of Naples, and awaiting the ruling by the Court of Naples, initiates the dismissals of workers, demonstrating arrogance and disrespect. Now the ministers of the republic put their face to it, otherwise in this country every industrial group will be entitled to leave when it wants, disavowing agreements and institutional roles “. This was stated by Nicola Ricci, general secretary of CGIL Naples and Campania, commenting on the sending of the first letters of dismissal to the workers of Whirlpool in Naples. “The anti-union attitude of Whirlpool must be fought and the continuity of employment guaranteed to the 320 workers of Via Argine”, adds Ricci.