L’Italian economy Prey: In 2024 CGIL I condemn the increase. Tables iCrisis Unit To the Ministry of Trade and Made in Italy.
The number of workers involved in the discussion is 105,974, but we arrive at this figure by including those affected by the crisis in various ways. 118.310 People all start with 58,026 workers joining in January 2024.
In addition to culling the data in the usual report updated at the end of the year, released in previewThe tearthe union comments on the increase in numbers expressing a clear opinion. Accusation al Government melonsthe culprit, in his opinion, was “the total inability of the public to direct industrial policies in strategic and relevant sectors for the country”.
Green and digitalisation, missed appointments
The crisis is transitory and affects a series of strategic sectors, some of which are historically the pride of Italian manufacturing, starting with the automotive sector, with the dramatic collapse of stellentis. But they are affected too. Modethe Chemistrythe Carta AndEnergy. All this, highlighted, shows the fragility of the national manufacturing fabric, which has already been suffering for years. The crisis in various sectors leads to two painful consequences: the rain of Dismissal And Deindustrialization.
But for CGIL, the inability of politics to respond to the crisis is also present. Poor preparation of the system business In responding autonomously to the two major changes currently underway, i.e. green and Digital That is the risk of change opportunities and relaunch risk events, which have serious impacts on business and employment competitiveness.
The most important conflicts
Among the most impressive cases of industry crisis reported in 2024 we find:
- Eni Versalis (Chemistry) – 8,000 direct workers and 24,000 in related industries;
- Beko (Home Appliances) – 4,400 employees;
- The coin e Conbiple (Retail) – 2,000 and 1,400 employees respectively;
- The meta system (automotive related industries) – 700 employees;
- Belko (Biomedical) – 500 employees;
- Almaviva contact (Telecommunications) – 494 layoffs are expected by the end of the year.
- Genius (Map) – 300 people directly and indirectly.
These are significant numbers, but along with plant closings comes the layoffs of a whole series of other workers who normally escape the statistics, namely those on contract, those in logistics, those who There are canteen and maintenance workers.
According to the First Italian Trade Union, the reasons for this situation have their roots Decades Of Poor planning e di Absence Of Industrial policies The effective CGIL deplores how the lack of organic state intervention has left the task of guiding development to market logic, with disastrous consequences for the Italian production system. Indeed, market logic, in pursuit of cost reduction, often tends to delocalize where labor costs are lower.
But in addition to delocalization, there is another thing to consider: multinationals and hedge funds, which favor benefits and incentives, often operate without strategic constraints in Italy, leading to factory closures. And productivity declines. The same trend has also affected state-owned companies, which has had a serious impact on employment.
CGIL Recommendations
To reverse this trend, the union calls for public policies that include:
- Re-industrialization of crisis-affected areas;
- Social safety nets Dedicated to dealing with crises in a systematic way;
- Vocational training the number of workers laid off from the production process;
- projects of Reuse In strategic areas for the community, particularly in response to climate and environmental crises.
