Covid 19, CGIL: stop layoffs until the end of the emergency. Patuanelli: "It cannot be extended"

2020-10-15T16:13:12.623Z

"I believe that the path taken up to now, Cig and blocking of layoffs, cannot be extended yet". Thus the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, replying to the request of the unions to extend the block until the end of the emergency. "There is no expiration date for the emergency, unfortunately. The pandemic is not a yogurt. We are identifying the tools to prevent them from being fired, but not to force them not to fire". Extending the Covid social safety nets and maintaining the blocking of layoffs "are decisions that must be taken immediately, up to the entire state of emergency", said the confederal secretary of the CGIL, Tania Scacchetti. "One cannot think that, in an employment situation already heavily compromised before Covid, the freedom of dismissal is decisive for the restart of the economy. And in this sense - he continued - Minister Patuanelli's statements are worrying. An extraordinary situation deserves. extraordinary responses and also a strong sense of cohesion and collective responsibility ".