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May 18, 2020Workers from the former Ilva plant in Genoa, on strike since last Friday to protest the company's choice to extend and extend the layoffs for Covid, after meeting in assembly in front of the factory gates, went on a procession to to the prefecture of the Ligurian capital, where a meeting with the prefect is scheduled in the afternoon. 

Despite the ban on marches also provided for by the new Dpcm, the workers, who all wear masks, decided to go out into the square for what they call a "civil walk", trying to respect social distancing as much as possible

Arrived in the Prefecture, the demonstrators unrolled a banner with the words 'workers are not a commodity, we are not slaves to Mittal'. The procession, which was attended by over 500 workers, took place in an orderly and silent way: only in the two galleries that make up the traditional last stretch of the route did the workers vent their anger with chants and slogans against Mittal. "We behaved with determination and civic sense unlike the arrogant attitude of Arcelor Mittal, who was arrogant - the coordinator of the RSU coordinator Armando Palombo said to the megaphone - This is the first public initiative in Italy and perhaps in Europe at the time of Covid 19, but one cannot always keep silent in front of those who abuse everything ".

The Fiom CGIL of Genoa, meanwhile, has announced its intention to send a complaint to the prosecutor against Arcelor Mittal, "who - reads a union note - uses layoffs as a weapon of blackmail towards the government in its confidential negotiation. There is - continues the note of Fiom - an illegitimate use of the layoffs tool, having evidence that commercial orders to work exist and that we will certify to the Prosecutor ", continues the note. "An illegitimate use - concludes the note - which comes to exploit the layoff for the Covid-19 pandemic that has nothing to do with the abstract and untrue reasons declared by the company, squandering public money financed by the latest decrees and building further savings cheap".
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"The behavior of the company is inadmissible which, without waiting for the release of the" DPCM relaunch ", where further 5 weeks of cash were expected for ilCovid19, summoned unions and RSU with a unilateral choice for the continuation of the cash". Antonio Apa, secretary general of Uilm Genova  declares it . "The incredible thing is that, while the unions have committed themselves to implement the protocol and restart the work, the first company to do it, Arcelor Mittal in an irresponsible way, has asked for layoffs for 250 workers. We made several proposals to the company which were liquidated without a real comparison. The company was unable to plan production. The workers cannot live with 730 euros ", Apa concludes.