NT Food Altopascio union dispute, Digi Mart USA News (Altopascio, Italy): A state of agitation and a one-day strike with a picket outside the gates have been announced following five dismissals at NT Food in Altopascio. The date and time of the strike and picket will be set later in agreement with the plant’s workers.
According to the publisher’s report, the situation at the company in the town of Altopascio has involved moments of tension. Flai Cgil Lucca and the company’s RSU said in a statement that they want to denounce a serious climate of hostility at the Altopascio plant and, more generally, across the companies of the Gruppo Morato.
The unions say the hostility has been directed at union representatives and their activity, culminating in the dismissal of a Flai Cgil delegate within the company RSU. They describe it as a systematic attack rather than an isolated episode, pointing to strong workplace tensions in recent months and five dismissals in total.
In the delegate’s case, a warning letter had been sent to her before the dismissal. The union contested that measure before the company’s representative body.
The unions say the worker had taken a leading role in defending her rights and those of her colleagues, including speaking publicly in local media about the situation at the company.
Flai Cgil Lucca considers the dismissal excessive relative to the problems raised. The unions are calling for an immediate end to what they describe as hostile conduct toward the union and the cancellation of the RSU delegate’s dismissal.
Flai Cgil and employees of Gruppo Morato at the Altopascio and Porcari plants are preparing to declare a state of agitation, to be followed by a strike day coinciding with a picket outside the company’s gates.
The publisher describes NT Food as a historic company, founded in 1989 and linked to organic agriculture. The company’s response to the allegations was not included in the supplied article.
