The unions call, the Government responds: the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, will be in front of the gates of Portovesme Srl on Friday 27 December, a company of the Glencore group that yesterday stopped the zinc line ahead of the announced date of 31 December.
"We do not give up. Never," the representative of the Meloni Government underlined. " I communicated to the President of the Region that I believe it is my duty to make the presence and commitment of the Institutions felt by those who fear losing their jobs. We will be there, together, on Friday morning in Portovesme," he added.
Her colleague at Labour, Marina Calderone, echoes her words: «We will be in front of the gates of Portovesme, with the President of the Region, Alessandra Todde, and all the mayors of Sulcis, confirming the Government's attention to the issue and its commitment to every single worker in difficulty, in harmony with the institutions of the territory».
The lead line in Portovesme is dead and buried, the zinc line was stopped seven days early due to a technical problem and the lithium project is still at its intentions, loaded with a thousand critical issues: if investors for the zinc line, which was discussed a few weeks ago in Rome during a meeting that saw Glencore, the Region, the Government and the unions at the table , do not materialize, as of yesterday only the steelworks fumes remain to represent the operation of an industrial hub that is now such only in name.
The most optimistic argue that the investor arriving from who knows where for the zinc - it doesn't have a name yet - is more than a hypothesis, that the diplomatic channels to get it there are in ferment, and that therefore there is no need to despair.
It would just be a matter of waiting patiently, provided that Glencore is interested in bringing in a competitor in-house since it has not really finished with zinc: it works it in other countries where the high cost of energy allows it (also thanks to state aid).
Now the workers seem to be able to count on one more ally: the Government. Thousands fear for their fate.
But the CGIL remains skeptical: the regional secretary, Fausto Durante, is asking for concrete solutions and not a catwalk.
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)