Monday, February 21, 2011

Can You Make Lasagna Without Foil

Bulletin of the crisis and Pavia Province (No. 6, February 2011)


now, to argue that we are not out of the crisis were in many, even by the government. Maybe they realized that nobody believes. The signs of recovery, which we identify in some areas, in some areas, are still at the numbers, but not those related to employment. The beginning of 2011 presents a gray, not black: the unemployment rate Italian continues to climb and is estimated there will be a slight increase in employment only in 2012. Even those who speak of recovery, should be added that this is a "jobless recovery". Meanwhile becoming increasingly reflect the market situation of work at youth level, with an unemployment rate reached 26.2%.
in 2010 were 55 thousand redundancies in Lombardy alone (+13% compared to 2009) and is further increased by 16% the use of layoffs. In the province of Pavia have been 4600 redundancies in two years (not including fixed-term contracts or project was not renewed), an increase in 2010. Between November and January at the offices of CISL and CGIL occurred in 500 letters of dismissal in his hand.
The province of Pavia has halved between 2009 and 2010, the routine use of layoffs, usually the first instrument fielded in crisis situations, but it is no coincidence that 25% of companies in the province has exhausted the 52 weeks available. The trend however seems to have reversed at the end of last year, with new growth of the ordinary case: 221mila hours in September and October 251mila, 340 thousand in November. Weighing the fact that even from areas unaffected by the crisis first started to get requests for unemployment benefits is the case, for example, some transport companies of Pavia and Casorate First, the logistics zone Corteolona, \u200b\u200band Chignolo Arena Po (200 workers laid off during this time) and also the food industry.
is on the increase while the use of cash notwithstanding, +50% with 2milioni453mila hours authorized last year. But since it does mark the most dramatic increase is the extraordinary case, for which we have gone from 650 thousand in 2009 to 3milioni112mila approved hours of 2010 hours (+378%). And as is evident in many situations, almost always the case exceptional on employees of companies who can not go back on production levels before the crisis and that they remain open to cuts to staff. In addition, the renewal of the case is extraordinary in many cases allowing workers companies have failed to continue at least for a few months to receive a minimum income before dismissal.
This is the case of the 22 former sugar cassintegrati Casei Gerola, closed five years ago, and have seen the stopping power station project in sorghum (which was to grant him a new job) stranded, despite the many promises, between bureaucracies and other vetoes between the department, region and province. The 22 continue the occupation of the offices in Voghera Finbieticola and continue to have hope every few months in an extension of unemployment benefits so you always have an income. Staying in
Oltrepò remain very critical situations of different companies in the metalworking sector: the Brasilia Retorbido are a hundred workers in layoffs and the property has announced the commissioning of 35 mobile workers. A business plan to reduce staff also affects the FMC Montebello, where 16 redundancies are planned. Meanwhile, the workshops of Busi Mezzanine opened the mobility procedure for 6 workers. From Voghera came the news of the bankruptcy (announced) of Salvadeo: 17 workers are no income since July (after a year lay-off) without even a request for special arrangement for cash from the company. The request was recently made by the liquidator and employees there will be a year of extraordinary cash before dismissal. There are twenty employees remained at work at Tanino Crisci Casteggio, footwear company, after the heavy cuts in staff in recent months. The situation does not seem to quiet their visas even for the debts of the company and as Equitalia in credit to the property, has started selling some machines. At the time the machines are still in business, but the concern remains high. As for the
Lomellina were dozens of companies mainly in the footwear and related to the mechanical shoe that already closed before 2008 or relocate. In the last two years has worsened the crisis and have seen massive layoffs in cases like the present and the Fiscagomma Atom Vigevano. But examples of companies in crisis, there are some 'from all sectors. So far this year have started another 13 weeks of regular unemployment benefits for 70 employees, mostly women, the knitter of Mapier Lomello. The property also reiterated that there will be some redundancies, we speak of 30 possible layoffs. In March will formally close the Quadra Gambolò, with 14 employees (one year ago was 40) made the move after seven months of extraordinary cash. Another open question is that of long Cablelettra of Robbins, wiring systems for cars, administered by a ministerial commissioner after the liquidation, 200 employees for which the special fund expires in May. They arrived a few offers for the purchase of the group and we talk about in particular the Japanese Yazaki group, already present in Italy with a factory in the province of Turin between the conditions for the acquisition is the preservation of places of work, but it is feared that the new owners may ask employees to move to other locations.
A case that has discussed in recent months is that of Villanova d'Ardenghi Genset, a few kilometers from Pavia, one of the largest engineering companies in the province. It has been much talk in the press Pavia mostly the case as presenting a review of local and small blackmail Marchionne workers to Pomigliano Mirafiori and (for now). A parallel is: being asked to give up something of acquired rights (or any part of wages in this case) in exchange for a commitment to save jobs. The property had begun last fall, announcing 110 redundancies by March 2011. Subsequently, the proposal to the workers, cut jobs to decrease, leaving the company in "supermaximum" personal and go ahead with the layoffs until better times. 90% of workers in the assembly has spoken out against the "exchange" proposed: the commitment is too vague promises related to future, only possible recovery. A new proposal from the Genset is a cut of 8% of wages with the promise to limit layoffs to 38, with again an ill-defined commitment to summarize any redundant. The dispute is still open and, with 180 people at risk of losing their jobs, can not assume that a particular weight to Pavia.

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