The ILVA steel mill in Taranto, the factory with the highest number work-related deaths in Europe (see also the February Newsletter), has registered the death of yet another worker, the third person to die at the factory in the space of a mere four months, while a colleague is in a serious condition. The future of the plant is uncertain and ILVA has ordered 6417 workers to be laid off and put on a reduced, public compensatory wage. In this way, ILVA forces the state to pay the workers’ salaries, even though the production stoppage was directly caused by negligence of its board.
English: http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Railway_workers_union_calls ...
http://strugglesinitaly.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/en-taranto-and-turin-the-war ...
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