Meeting with the Secretary on the future of paper mill Viespoli Burgo Chieti
It was concluded at the 13th meeting held this morning between sen. and Mr Fabrizio Di Stefano. John Pace with the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Social Solidarity, sen. Pasquale Viespoli. The Secretary, assisted by the Director General Mastropietro, took note of the report that the two political representatives from Abruzzo have made reference to the crisis that is involving, in particular, the city of Chieti with the announced closure of the Burgo.
Di Stefano and Peace have stressed "the gravity of the situation in relation to the high number of employees - about three hundred plus auxiliary - who are in a state registry and length of service that puts them to a large extent, away from retirement options. "
"The story - explain the leaders of An - raises serious concern because of the characteristics of the workforce: too old and too young to be relocated to access the benefits that accompany towards retirement."
Viespoli said "the widest possible availability of the Ministry to examine each case to put a stop to the crisis, in order to broad social safety net of extraordinary," the main objective, however, "is to defend the maintenance of the production structure , so it is necessary to involve the Ministry of Productive Activities may also check for the existence of stakeholders the continuation of the activity.
'To that end, though - note Di Stefano and Peace - the Abruzzo region must also play its part and take action to manage the crisis, because until now it does not seem to have been adequately represented in the relevant competent and capable " .
After the meeting, Di Stefano and Peace - who have already made contact with the Ministry of Productive Activities - met with the CISL union Gastoldi Louis, National Secretary of the Department of Industry and Information Fistel, the regional manager of the same trade association , Giuseppe Savini, and the province of Chieti, Lucio Petrongolo, the which - to appreciate the commitment of politicians to An - have expressed their desire to compete, as the specific skills and together with other unions, the effort under way.