FIOM leader Maurizio Landini
said Wednesday that his leftwing metalworkers union was "ready
to occupy factories" during a protest against the EU jobs summit
in Milan and the government's labour reforms.
"You don't combat job insecurity by making it easier to
fire people," Landini said referring to the government's Jobs
Act, which includes changes to Article 18 of the 1970 Workers
Statute protecting staff form unfair dismissal.
"You do it with permanent (job contracts) and by
guaranteeing rights to all.
"We are ready to occupy the factories because they are
asking us to lower salaries".
Landini also dismissed Premier Matteo Renzi's
80-euro-a-month tax bonus for low earners.
"If Renzi thinks he is cool by giving us 80 euros and he
thinks we are idiots because we'll agree to sign salary
reductions, he is very wrong," he said.
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