An Accenture employee on
Monday chained himself to the gates in front of the
multinational company's Palermo call center and stopped eating,
ANSA sources said.
Giuseppe Palazzolo, a 38-year-old with two daughters, is one
of 262 Accenture employees who have been staging protests for
the last two weeks over fear of losing their jobs, after British
Telecom recently announced an early termination of its Accenture
outsourcing contract at the Palermo call center.
On Monday some employees also climbed onto the call center
roof.
A meeting is planned on Monday afternoon in Rome at the
Ministry of Economic Development to mediate the dispute.
The case has become a social-media phenomenon among Italian
celebrities and media personalities, using the hashtag
#262acasa, implying that 262 workers would be sent home for
good.
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