Whirlpool, workers block motorway junction in Naples

Whirlpool workers block a highway exit in Naples after the meeting with Fim Fiom and Uilm.

About 200 workers from Whirlpool Naples blocked, both at the entrance and exit, the A3 motorway junction at San Giovanni a Teduccio.

The protest at the end of the assembly in the factory with the secretaries of Fim Fiom Uilm to decide the initiatives to support the dispute and against the layoffs.

A decision, that of the multinational that produces household appliances, which is considered "unjust and unmotivated". The employees of the plant in via Argine are asking for the direct intervention of the ministers of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti and Labor, Andrea Orlando. The workers also intend to request help from the prefect of Naples, Marco Valentini, who has been asked for a meeting by the trade unions of the category.

“The commitments of Draghi, Giorgetti and the leaders of the Democratic Party, who have spoken directly with workers in recent months, must be translated into real actions and not into ineffective decrees. – said Antonio Accurso, general secretary of Uilm Campania – This dispute, which involves 350 out of 5 workers of the group that makes profits and hires temporary workers in other sites, is a measure of the credibility and strength of the government, which has 30 days to make itself heard and follow up on its commitments, enforcing the agreements and Italian instructions".