Sulcis metalworkers are still on the warpath. "The workers in the area feel they have been subjected to a real mockery. The calls and demonstrations resulting from previous years' initiatives have reached a point of no return due to the tragedy metalworkers are experiencing. The delay in providing social safety nets for areas experiencing complex industrial crisis no longer guarantees social stability." This is what the Fiom-Cgil, Fsm-Cisl, and Uilm-Uil unions said in a statement, announcing the resumption of the mobilization .
"The lack of basic support risks causing the protests to collapse, as a result of the serious and insurmountable job crisis. In fact, approximately 200 workers have been without a minimum wage since January 1, 2026, and the 300 still on redundancy are awaiting the supplementary salary , which the region had guaranteed, even in the last meeting with the president on February 18. Instead, no commitments are being met," they attack.
On Saturday, Portovesme srl held its first procurement meeting, which highlighted "the issues related to layoffs, but also to increased competition in procurement contracts. For a change, workers from companies with higher costs, as a result of their contracts or seniority, are forced into competition with companies with different conditions and no social safety net," the unions said. "The result," they explained, "is that in a time of crisis like the current one, many long-time workers are being left home because the client needs to earn more."
FIOM, FSM, and UILM report that the entire future of the industrial hub "is in doubt : a large portion of the workers risk being laid off by the end of the year, because, as stated in the Ministry of Labor's memo dated February 10, 2026, the €100 million allocated for complex crisis areas throughout Italy may be insufficient and, in any case, leave open disastrous scenarios for the future of the region, currently without prospects; the consequences will be felt first by workers on industrial contracts." At the Enel power plant, "the existing precarious situation is no different." Finally, "the situation at the former Alcoa plant is paradoxical, where, despite all the declarations of its strategic importance and the discontinuity announced by Minister Urso, way back on September 17, 2025, we continue to live day by day," with "new and worrying dismantling objectives." This situation is also a noose for the 300 workers currently on redundancy, who would see their few opportunities for employment recovery definitively collapse."
(Unioneonline)