There is concern among the workers of Esso who today and yesterday, at the beginning of all the work shifts, held assemblies in front of the entrance of the Marcellino district factory, chaired by the trade unions that illustrated the situation.
The national secretariat of the Ugl Chimici -Energia intervened on the matter and asked for an official meeting at the Ministries of Economic Development and Labor to set up a specific table for discussion with all the social partners on the sale on which it expresses its concern “because the operation was carried out in the total absence of communication to the social partners involved, without agreeing the transfer of all the activities, neither in terms of time nor modalities.
Consequently – says a note of the national secretariat – this way of working has generated great insecurity and concern among the workers and trade union representatives by plunging again into uncertainty, as 3 years ago, the whole territory of Syracuse when another important the oil group sells its own subsidiary to an American company devoid of industry. We believe it is essential to establish a table of discussion with the maximum guarantees to ensure careful management of the transaction with particular reference to staff and with attention also to safety, relations with local communities and environmental protection. The debate will also serve to understand the intentions of it regarding the remaining activities in Italy that affect another 650 workers. We firmly pledge our commitment to ensure that the operation takes place with transparency and without trauma for any of the workers involved “.
Moreover, the visit of the managing director of the Sonatrach to the Municipality also provoked some questions on the same day that the news spread without anyone knowing anything about it.
“Since it is unthinkable that – say the coordinators of the citizens of Brothers of Italy Augusta, Marco Failla and Enzo Inzolia – the delegation of the Algerian society, which secretly bought the plants and stores of the whole Sicily suddenly and unexpectedly presented yesterday in the Municipality to make a visit to the mayor, we ask to know when and by whom the visit was requested and with what motivation. Also because, in the absence of courteous but exhaustive answers, it would be reasonable to think that the administration has hidden from the citizens (at least to its representatives) vital information for the entire Augustan community and not only “.
The Young Democrats and the president of the youth association “Bella storia” are also echoing that, starting from what was announced through Facebook by the mayor on the day of the visit by the CEO, they ask to know the position of the administration ” to important industrialists and even foreign nations that – say Manuel Mangano, president Bella Storia and secretary of the Young Democrats Augusta, Giuseppe Cannavà, provincial president Gd and Luca Campisi, militant Pd- decide to invest in our territory, in the sincere hope that the guarantee the protection of work and public health can pass through the competent institutional bodies and that a harmonious climate can be created with these companies that are committed to protecting our territory and offering vital jobs “.
The three politicians ask to know, moreover, how long the city council was aware of the sale of the plant “also for a question of clarity on the timing and the doubts of the unions, which have come to know only in the last hours . It would also be important to clarify – continue – why the CEO has not been invited to deal with the municipal council, a fundamental body for a city, so as to enhance and make really broad discussion on a plant that today is able to feed many Augustan families. Furthermore, we feel obliged to be able to communicate in detail what was treated during the meeting on Wednesday that guarantees work and protection of public health, so we also imagine that the mayor has asked and obtained a guarantee regarding the important remediation to be carried out in the plants in the immediacy ”
