Somma Vesuviana (NA) – Growing concern for the future of the Dema factories in Somma Vesuviana e Paolisi, which could close with the transfer of personnel to the Adler plants in Airola and Brindisi.
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To sound the alarm is Andrea Morisco, worker and RSU Dema representative, who highlighted how the industrial plan of Adler, the company interested in acquiring Dema, foresees a limited investment only until 2027, leaving employment levels after this date uncertain.
“The Dema plants in Somma Vesuviana and Paolisi will be closed – explains Morisco – with employees transferred to Airola and Brindisi. No one guarantees us job stability beyond 2027, when the Court's agreement expires. This is a double concern: on the one hand the closure of the factories and on the other the lack of guarantees for the future. We ask for immediate intervention by the Government to save hundreds of jobs.”
Mayor Di Sarno's support
The voice of the workers is joined by that of the mayor of Somma Vesuviana, Salvatore Di Sarno, who expressed solidarity with the workers and asked for the intervention of the institutions. “We are risking industrial desertification – Di Sarno declared – with over 200 jobs at risk between Somma Vesuviana and Paolisi. The workers are people, with families and stories that deserve attention. In Somma there would be just 20 employees left, while in Paolisi the plant would close completely. I have already contacted the mayor of Paolisi, Umberto Maietta, to initiate common political actions. We could call an extraordinary session of the City Council, even a joint one, to form a common front.”
Di Sarno launched a direct appeal to the Government: “I am addressing the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and to the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, so that they intervene to save the factories and jobs. For Somma Vesuviana it would be an irreparable loss, with serious economic and social consequences for the area.”
It turns out that the transfers envisaged in the Adler industrial plan would force employees to commute for the next two years, with no certainty about future employment after 2027. “These were not the promises made to the workers – Morisco underlines – and it is unacceptable that hundreds of families are sacrificed for such a limited plan.”
The incident has sparked a wave of solidarity and mobilization, with the aim of involving all national institutions. The closure of the Dema factories would represent a very hard blow to the local economy and the social fabric of the area. “We will not give up – concludes Di Sarno –. We will do everything we can to save these jobs and secure a future for workers and their families.”
Article published on 28 January 2025 - 16:05
