Labour Minister Giuliano Poletti
said Thursday a northern Italian engineering firm's sacking of a
worker after he returned eight months after a liver transplant
was "inconceivable, unacceptable, and wrong".
"If someone is in a situation like this," Poletti said, "the
firm must take on the responsibility for guaranteeing him an
opportunity. If the media reports are true, it is a very serious
mistake which the company must immediately rectify".
Oerlikon Graziano, an engineering firm at Rivoli near Turin, on
Wednesday was reported to have sacked the worker, Antonio
Forchione, 55. "They examined me and said I was unfit to
work...then I got the dismissal letter last Monday," said
Forchione. He said he would sue the company for unfair
dismissal, seeking compensation. Trade unions FIM, FIOM and UILM
declared a two-hour strike on all shifts.
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