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15 July 2021 The GKN table has begun (the closure of which has been announced and for which the procedures for the dismissal of 422 employees have been initiated), chaired by the deputy minister of Mise Alessandra Todde who, from what we learn, has defined the company behavior. The Ministry of Labor, the Tuscany Region, the Municipality of Florence, the Municipality of Campi Bisenzio, GKN Driveline Firenze SpA, Confindustria Firenze and trade unions are participating. The company is in videoconference, not in person.



An anger punctuated by drums and percussion, whistles and choirs. Under the Prefecture of Florence, while the table is underway, the garrison of Gkn workers has begun. A sit-in for now animated by the factory collective that has moved from the Campi Bisenzio plant to Palazzo Medici Riccardi. 



"As far as we know the meeting could be short and a farce. If we go down and say that the meeting was short and a farce I want it to be clear that this is not our problem. procession. I don't want to see half a grimace of demoralization, we won't let them. Nobody stops the workers' anger. " This is what Dario Salvetti, Rsu delegate of the Gkn of Campi Bisenzio shouts to the megaphone, before the start of the table called by the Mise.



Company: "Decision to stop the site irreversible"

"It was a decision taken unanimously by the Board of Directors. There is an impossibility to continue with the business activity and the inevitable consequence leads us to open the collective dismissal procedure. L action is irreversible and was taken legally and supported by industrial reasons ". Thus, according to what is learned from trade union sources, Gkn Driveline Firenze SpA explains at the table in the prefecture the reasons that led to the start of the dismissal procedure.



Nardella: "Suspend layoffs"

We sit at the table "with a very clear position that I hope will be that of all of us: immediately suspend the dismissal procedure and open a real and concrete table not only with the company but also with the proprietary English financial fund".

This was said by the mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, taking stock with a video posted on his Twitter profile on the Gkn dispute. In recent days we have seen the layoffs of Whirpol and Gianetti. Italy needs an automotive industrial plan ", adds Nardella.


#GKN: the situation pic.twitter.com/lZObBPBCuy

- Dario Nardella (@DarioNardella) July 15, 2021



Trade unions: "Unacceptable decision"

"A decision of this type is unacceptable since its arrogant method: it is unthinkable that the company can unilaterally decide, without any warning, a closure that puts jeopardizing the future of workers and the entire social stability of our territory. We have always tried to propose a development model that reconciles productivity, sustainability and respect for workers and the community they belong to ". This is what can be read in a joint note signed by Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Cna, Confesercenti, Confartigianato, the National Union of Insurance Agents, Confcommercio, Federalberghi Prato and Florence, Commision of the Municipality of Campi Bisenzio.



"Without jointly addressing the problem - he explains - a very serious signal is sent not only to our territory, but to a world of work that should be cohesive for a season of economic revival that is as long awaited as necessary. environment, community and territory, this is exactly what must not be done. And the social, productive and cultural forces of Campi Bisenzio cannot accept it, because it undermines the same idea of ​​social fabric to which all parties aspire ".



"It is an entire territory - it continues - that turns to this unilateral choice: not only for the concrete consequences in the lives of hundreds of families, but also for the quality project and the development path that has been undertaken for some time and that are threatened. All the forces of the territory must oppose these decisions, especially given the extra-territoriality and the lack of sensitivity that similar companies have often shown for the reality in which they are immersed. In Campi Bisenzio there is a sustainable development project at an economic, ecological and social level that cannot bear such a situation ".