Genoa, Pietro Chiesa Workers On Strike

Genoa - The extended strike of the Pietro Chiesa company workers at the Varco Albertazzi gate began yesterday morning. The protest caused urban traffic congestion, which also affected the motorway network, with queues at the city exits. There is still no solution for the historic coal company’s 25 employees, who will lose their jobs with the liquidation of the company. Yesterday afternoon’s meeting at Port Authority headquarters established that the terminal operators could hire a few more workers than they said last week, but not all of them. “If jobs can’t be found for everyone, we are ready to take stronger action, up to a general strike in the port of Genoa”, announced Roberto Gulli, the secretary of Uiltrasporti of Genoa and Liguria, which is in agreement with Filt-Cgil and Fit-Cisl. The only certain thing for now is the offer of jobs from the Spinelli group, but it would only be for 8-10 people. “We are deeply dissatisfied,” Gulli continued, “there has been a bit of movement from some of the terminal operators, but we haven’t solved the problem for more than half of the employees: 25 jobs cannot be found in a port with more than two thousand workers.” CULMV, the sole company in the port of Genoa, would be willing to take on the workers, but first approval for the recovery plan would have to be given, which will not come before the end of June. It’s too far away, given that on Friday Pietro Chiesa’s board of directors will vote on the budget and call an assembly to liquidate the company.