Ex Ilva, the government gives ArcelorMittal 2 days. Trade unions from Conte and Friday strike for 24 hours. Magistrates-company meeting in Taranto

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 reports to the Chamber and the Senate, the premier Giuseppe Conte he summoned everyone to find a way out of what he called a "red alert" after i diktat of ArcelorMittal to avoid the farewell, which do not stop at criminal shield but they also pass by the 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.

While in the Ionian city, Ilfattoquotidiano.it learns of a face to face among the magistrates of the prosecutor of Taranto and the managing director of ArcelorMittal 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.

The meeting of the Prime Minister's meetings, 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, 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 French-Indian 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 chairman and chief executive 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 aim to get rid of 5 thousand workers and 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. In this context, themeeting which was held Thursday morning in the prosecutor's office in Taranto, to what he learned Ilfattoquotidiano.it, between the chief prosecutor Carlo Maria Capristo and the ad Morselli.

Francesco Casula collaborated

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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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