Ex Ilva, Conte-Mattarella interview. The premier meets with the unions and local authorities. Fiom, Uilm and Fim-Cisl strike on Friday for 24 hours

The 48 hours to find a solution to the Ilva crisis which is likely to leave you without a job 5 thousand people have begun. There Puglia region, local authorities, trade unions: on the day the minister Stefano Patuanelli he said in the House that ArcelorMittal won the race thanks toeconomic offer, the premier Giuseppe Conte he first had an interview with the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and then summoned everyone to find a way out of what he called a "red alert" after i diktat of the Mittal family to avoid farewell. Claims that do not stop at criminal shield, but arrive at dismissal of half of the 10,777 hired since he set foot in the steelworks of Taranto and in others 11 sites of the group that belonged to the Riva family.

The meeting of the Prime Minister's meetings, after the interview with Mattarella and waiting to review the company before the weekend, begins with the governor Michele Emiliano, the mayor of Taranto and of the other municipalities closer to the iron and steel industry, in addition to the delegates of the blue suits of CGIL, Cisl is Uil, ready to go on strike on a Friday unitary after thescattered order with which they were leading the battle against ArcelorMittal since the situation began to plummet. The workers of the group will stop for 24 hours starting from 7 am of Friday in all the sites of Italy, extending the strike already planned in Taranto. Meanwhile, the workers of theinduced they say they are ready to activity block and from the steel giant comes another step on the path of disengagement.

ArcelorMittal has indeed presented the accounts of the quarter in which he recorded a drop in steel production from 22.8 to 20.2 million tons and a red of approx half a billion euros. "We continue to face difficult market conditions, with falling steel prices and high raw material costs," said the president and CEO Lakshmi Nivas Mittal commenting on the results that also mark a worsening of the Accidents at work, due to the data in the Taranto plant. "In these markets – he continued – we remain focused on our initiatives for improve our performance it's ours priority is reduce costs, adjust production and ensure a positive cash flow ".

In this context, there is the downsizing in Italy where Indians are aiming to get rid of 5 thousand workers and to have guarantees on legal protections, not only linked to the shield by the trials but also on theblast furnace 2 that due to prescriptions not respected, risks being turned off December 13th on the order of the judiciary. Meanwhile, to what he learns Ilfattoquotidiano.it, Thursday morning a meeting was held in Taranto between the chief prosecutor Carlo Maria Capristo and the ad Lucia Morselli. A simple one "courtesy visit": a formality after the appointment of twenty days ago. In the meeting with the prosecutor's office, the managing director does not even probe the ground on the question of the blast furnace. According to the leaked issue of the former Ilva issue, it was only "talked broadly" and Morselli would have underlined once again theuncertainty of the moment.

Francesco Casula collaborated

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16.13 – Count at the Quirinale this morning
Giuseppe Conte went up this morning to the Quirinale for an interview with the president Sergio Mattarella. The President of the Council – it was learned from the majority sources – told the head of the state of his talks yesterday with the Arcelor Mittal property and of the measures that can be put in place to find a solution to the corporate crisis.

16.05 – Emiliano: “Part M5s wants implosion? unaware "
If there is a wing of the Cinquestelle "who thinks that the closure of Ilva faded despite the electoral promises, can be achieved by imploding the factory and leaving everyone with the wax in hand, these are pure fools". This was said by the president of the Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, speaking in Tagada on La7.

15.59 – Usb: "Arcelor will leave. It's just a matter of time"
"The multinational will leave regardless of the impossible acceptance of blackmail, it's only a matter of time. ArcelorMittal has no industrial interest in the Italian steel group. Acquiring Ilva has prevented other competitors from obtaining a significant settlement in Italy and has gained a further slice of the market ". This was underlined by the USSB national secretary Sergio Bellavita and the provincial coordinator of Taranto Francesco Rizzo, who will participate in the crisis table convened at Palazzo Chigi by the president of the council Giuseppe Conte. The two trade unionists speak of "the umpteenth unacceptable blackmail of the steel multinational. The government and the entire country cannot bow to what appears to be a real attempt at extortion by Mittal. The multinational has acquired the group by signing specific commitments: occupational, environmental and productive ”.

15.34 – Delrio: "Error giving alibi on the shield"
"The last Di Maio decree had been an excellent mediation and it was a mistake to give the company an alibi but as you said, Minister Patuanelli, and as Conte said we can fix it in 5 minutes. But even if tonight there was the Prime Minister's decree, we would not have a review of Mittal's intentions. " Graziano Delrio, leader of the Democratic Party, said this in the Chamber.

15.30 – Delrio: "Who wants to defend Italy is with the government"
"Whoever wants to defend Italy and Italian interests today is on the side of the government. Ilva is a test of strength and courage for the country. We cannot allow multinationals to roam in our country, violating agreements already made. Business pacts and plans do not rewrite the skin of workers. And those who want to make their workers pay for their mistakes will find an entire country to defend them and a government willing to take deep, effective legal action because neither Whirlpool nor Arcelor Mittal can go in another direction, creating a dangerous precedent ". Graziano Delrio, the leader of the Democratic Party in the Chamber, said this during the discussion in the chamber after the statement by the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, on the case of the former Ilva.

15.20 – The mayor of Taranto: "Abolition of the shield is an excuse"
"We don't think ArcelorMittal wants to stay here, we think instead that it's just an excuse that of the criminal shield. And this is demonstrated by the fact that the Government at the table held yesterday immediately assured the restoration of immunity without any result ". Thus stated the mayor of Taranto, Rinaldo Melucci. "We think instead – he adds – that ArcelorMittal has failed the business plan and is not now able to meet the commitments made.

15.13 – Chaos in the Chamber, the League: "At home you, not the workers. Elections "
Tensions in the House in the debate after the communications of the Minister Stefano Patuanelli on Arcelor Mittal, with the president Roberto FIco who had to work hard to maintain the order. The deputies of the League exposed signs with the words "At home, not the workers of Ilva", shouting "elections, elections".

15.10 – D’Attis (Fi): “You are in cul de sac, you don't know what to do”
"The Ilva case puts us back on the corner between all European countries, nobody trusts us anymore. This was stated by Romano Prodi who publicly admits the failure of this government's industrial policy. You are in a cul de sac and unfortunately you have slipped the country in with your uncertainties and electoral strategies ". Mauro D’Attis said this in the Chamber in the name of Forza Italia after the statement by Minister Stefano Patuanelli on Ilva.

15.06 – Molinari: "Government finished if terms before workers"
"The Cinquestelle are right, this Parliament has become totally useless, if it puts the bonds and majority agreements before the rescue of 16 thousand workers, if it does not block this madness". The leader of the Chamber League, Riccardo Molinari, says this during the discussion in the classroom after the statement by the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, on the case of the former Ilva. "In front of this disaster announced and wanted by the M5S – he continues addressing the Democratic Party – you have only one chance: switch off this government and go home. Because the government ends today, "he adds. Then, turning towards the majority benches, he concludes: "Rather than 16 thousand jobs, you prefer to defend a handful of places, yours"

14.23 – Patuanelli: "Won for the highest bid, Acciaitalia plan better"
During the tender and the award, the plan presented by Acciai Italia "was judged to be better for the industrial plan and the environmental plan". Economic Development Minister Stefano Patuanelli said this during a hearing in Montecitorio, stressing that "the consortium led by Arcelor Mittal won because its offer was considered better" in the "price section".

14.17 – Patuanelli: "Withdrawal is the last piece, all parties involved"
The withdrawal of Arcelor Mittal is "only the last piece of a mosaic of a series of events that over time have seen the involvement in various ways of all governments and political forces present in Parliament". Thus the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, speaking in the Chamber of the former Ilva Chamber.

14.11 – Meeting in Morielli with a "courtesy visit"
A simple "courtesy visit": a formality after the appointment of twenty days ago. In the meeting with the prosecutor's office, the managing director does not even probe the ground on the question of the blast furnace. According to the leaked issue of the former Ilva issue, it was only "chatted in broad terms" and Morselli would have underlined once again the uncertainty of the moment. (by Francesco Casula)

13.22 – Arcelor terminates contract with tender company: 50 in cig
After the announcement of the recession of the contract for the lease of Ilva by ArcelorMittal, the Enetec company of the steel contractor announced the layoff for 50 workers on a total staff of 56 units, starting on 11 November and for 13 weeks. The company deals with industrial design, construction and assembly. To the metalworkers' unions, Enetec explained that it considers "the postponement of an ordinary layoff procedure for 50 work units, 46 workers and 4 employees" to be postponed.

12.38 – Fiom, Uilm and Fim: "Strike in Italy from 7am on Friday"
Fiom, Fim and Uilm have called a 24-hour strike in all the former Ilva sites in Italy starting from 7am on Friday and declare that "what emerged from yesterday's meeting between the President of the Council and the top management of ArcelorMittal, scheduled for request the withdrawal of the disengagement procedure from the former Ilva facilities announced on November 4th ”. The multinational, they add, has placed "provocative and unacceptable conditions".

12.31 – Patuanelli: "Today in the Chamber without manipulation"
"Today there will be two reports, one in the Chamber of Deputies and one in the Senate of the Republic, in which I will explain in detail the whole truth about the ex-Ilva affair". This is underlined by the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, in a post on Facebook. "In maximum transparency and without exploitation, as it should be," he adds. The two appointments are, respectively, at 2 pm and 4.30 pm.

12.05 – Zingaretti: “Ilva is not a crisis factor for the government. US "
"No. United we must ask this company to do its duty. And the company must know that Italy is united in support of the workers of the plant ". And what has been said by the secretary of the Pd and president of the Lazio Region, Nicola Zingaretti, on the hypothesis that Ilva can represent a crisis factor for the government. And he added: "Yesterday it seems to me that the government has taken a very clear and clear position to support".

11.25 – Meeting in the public prosecutor's office between ArcelorMittal prosecutor and top management
To what he learns Ilfattoquotidiano.it, the managing director of ArcelorMittal, Lucia Morselli, in the morning met the magistrates of the prosecutor's office of Taranto headed by Carlo Maria Capristo. (by Francesco Casula)

11.10 – Conte-unions meeting at 5.30pm
The meeting between the Government and the unions on the ex Ilva affair announced for today will take place at 17.30 at Palazzo Chigi. It is learned from union sources.

10.59 – ArcelorMittal: "Cost-cutting priorities, difficult market"
ArcelorMittal continued to "face difficult market conditions in the third quarter, with falling steel prices and high raw material costs". This was stated by president and CEO Lakshmi Nivas Mittal, commenting on the Group's quarterly results. "In these markets – he continued – we remain focused on our initiatives to improve our performance and our priority is to reduce costs, adjust production and ensure a positive cash flow".

10.28 – Trade unions in the related sector: "Ready to block assets"
"The hope is that the government and institutions will create the conditions for a definitive solution. Without a complete response, together with the CGIL, CISL and UIL confederations and alongside colleagues from other sectors of the steel industry, we will be ready for all initiatives up to the block to the bitter end of work activities in our sectors ". This was underlined by the secretaries of Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Fist Cisl, Uiltrasporti and Uiltucs Uil representing the workers of the induced.

10.09 – Salvini: "Irreparable damage, I hope you don't touch Alitalia"
"It is an irresponsible government that plays with workers and entrepreneurs. Either they come back and apologize or irreparable harm will be for Italy. If Ilva should die if they carry him on his conscience. Then they went to Taranto. Next time I wouldn't want it to be Alitalia ”. This was stated by Lega leader Matteo Salvini on the sidelines of the Coldiretti demonstration against wild boar in Piazza Montecitorio.

9.06 – Fim and garrison strike continue
Workers continue to stand before the management of the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Taranto after confirmation of the company's intention to withdraw from the contract. At 3 pm the 24-hour strike proclaimed by the FIM will end, while tomorrow at 7 am there will be a strike on the three rounds called by Fiom and Uilm that had awaited the outcome of the meeting between the government and the unions before undertaking other mobilization initiatives.

9 – Boccia: "I knew it would end like this. Just me and Emiliano used to say "
"I'm not surprised, I knew it would end like this with them and there is nothing worse in politics. It is always the synthesis of a collective failure. When Michele Emiliano and I said it was a mistake to assign the company to Mittal, they thought we were crazy, everyone said that the one with ArcelorMittal was a big operation, while I as a deputy and from Puglia I was the only one in Parliament to say that the cordata Mittal gave no adequate guarantees on industrial prospects ". Thus, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, Francesco Boccia.

8.40 – Emiliano: "I present a restructuring plan to Conte"
"Over the years, we have proposed to the Governments that a process of profound restructuring of the factory took place, first of all protecting health, the environment and safety at work. Today we will meet the President Conte at 3.30 pm, if he listens to us we will be able to make a complete proposal that would give the factory a new technological approach compatible with health and that can safeguard the industrial system ". The President of the Puglia Region Michele Emiliano spoke to Buongiorno, on Sky Tg24 talking about the former Ilva.

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