Unions sit-in in Palermo over the death of the five Casteldaccia workers

About three hundred people gathered in front of the prefecture in via Cavour. A general strike has also been proclaimed for today

PALERMO – A sit-in of around three hundred people was held in Palermo, in front of the prefecture, in via Cavour, to protest after the death of five workers in Casteldaccia. The initiative was organized by Cgil, Cisl and Uil of Palermo who also called a four-hour general strike for today at the start of the work shift. The regional leaders of the ‘triple’ also arrived in via Cavour, where car traffic is blocked. Also on the street was a delegation from Fillea Cgil Palermo with a banner: “#bastamortisullavoro”.

The secretary of the CGIL of Palermo, Mario Ridulfo, is very harsh: “This tragedy did not arise from an accident – he says -. We don’t know the causes that produced it but we know what lies behind what happened: the rules that have determined the precariousness of the world of work”. According to Ridulfo: “when a worker is precarious he is fragile and subject to blackmail, he cannot refuse to go down a well or climb onto scaffolding”. The secretary of the CGIL Palermo then concludes: “We need to get to the bottom of things and address the causes that generate these situations by changing those rules that determine the balance of power in the world of work, otherwise we will continue to witness sterile commemorations and useless”.
Leonardo La Piana, secretary of the CISL Palermo-Trapani, underlines the problem of the lack of labor inspectors: “The investigators will clarify the contours of this tragedy but in fact we know that until the controls and there will be no labor inspectors to check all companies, there will be no progress in terms of safety”, is the bitter observation.

La Piana then raises the alarm: “We are on the eve of major investments with Pnrr resources, if the system doesn’t change we will face carnage. Companies must understand that safety is not a cost but an investment.” Also in the square was the secretary of the regional Uil Lusiella Lionti: “For years we have been asking for real interventions against accidents at work – she recalls -. It is now a continuous massacre. These are not accidents but murders. We ask for a permanent table on health, we ask that inspectors arrive to check the businesses and we ask that those in compliance be closed”.