The Swedish telecommunications multinational Ericsson has initiated a collective dismissal procedure for 131 employees in Genoa. A letter from the group announcing this has been delivered to the workers, and confirmation comes from the general secretary of Slc Cgil Genoa, Sonia Montaldo, who explains that the letter containing the collective dismissal procedure arrived this morning.
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It is, says the union representative, “a very hard blow for the employees since the company is closing the entire Optical R&D department and part of another department, also research and development; sections that mainly deal with advanced network technologies and infrastructures.” For the division called Bnew, therefore, the company announces, “all personnel,” amounting to “110 employees,” will lose their jobs; in addition, there are another “21 belonging to the Bcss organization.” The start of the procedure “is part of a broader strategic decision of the group, aimed at reviewing its organizational structure and portfolio strategy.”
As reported in the procedure, Montaldo continues, “one of the causes lies in the constant and progressive decline of the Italian telecommunications market, which continues to present particularly challenging and struggling dynamics. We are facing a real social drama for Genoa and for the Erzelli technology hub project, which was supposed to be the flagship of the city’s research and technological innovation,” and she emphasizes how “Ericsson, active in the field of IT and new technologies related to communication devices, has decided to close precisely the research and development department.”
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The procedure, involving 56 employees, 64 middle managers, and 11 executives, concludes Montaldo, “represents a disaster for the company, which loses the heart of its production process and a defeat for the development of the technology district in Genoa. We ask politicians and institutions to address the dispute in a united and cohesive manner, because Genoa cannot afford such devastation, neither for the workers nor for the city’s development.” On Monday, September 14, from 9:30 to 11:30, a meeting of all company staff will be held.
“One hundred and thirty-one layoffs in Genoa are unacceptable. We ask the Government to intervene immediately to stop a decision that risks affecting not only employment but one of the most important technological strongholds of our city.” This was written by PD senator Lorenzo Basso, vice president of the Senate Environment, Transport and Technological Innovation Commission, deputy Alberto Pandolfo, PD group leader in the Chamber’s Productive Activities Commission, and Valentina Ghio, vice president of the PD group in the Chamber; who announce the submission of two parliamentary questions, to the Senate and Chamber, following the opening of the dismissal procedure.
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