MILANO – Immediate suspension of production for companies found to violate workplace safety regulations. It is the squeeze announced by the premier Draghi to the unions convened today to discuss safety and health in the workplace. There is also a national database and the hiring of new labor inspectors. “It was a very useful meeting to establish a working method, there is an understanding on these issues”, said Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Positive climate therefore in the meeting this afternoon between Mario Draghi and the trade unions a few days after the appeal for unity launched by the president of Confindustria Carlo Bonomi and shared by the Prime Minister. The meeting, with the theme of safety at work at the center, saw the participation of the premier, the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, and the Public Administration, Renato Brunetta, and the general secretaries of CGIL, CISL and UIL, Maurizio Landini, Luigi Sbarra e Pierpaolo Bombardieri.
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The “first important responses” from the government arrived, with “the commitment in the next few days to further convocations to discuss other issues”, said Landini, adding that also on the investments of the PNRR “there is a commitment to convene another meeting leading to the definition of a Protocol with the parties “.
From the meeting, Bombardieri explained instead, the way to the database against accidents at work was started. “We talked to the Prime Minister and the ministers Orlando and Brunetta about the issues of work safety – said the leader Uil – and we shared the need to fight the continuous massacre (of deaths at work ed). Some decisions have been taken tonight, others will be hired in the next few days. Meanwhile, together with the government, it has been decided to build a central database of accidents at work “. And on the sanctions – added Bombardieri” the government has undertaken, at our request, to resolve by decree workplaces where there are violations of safety regulations to give the company the opportunity to comply “.
“The hiring of 2,300 inspectors is an important signal, but we have said that it is not enough – says Sbarra (Cisl) – because in our opinion, even following retirements, the contingent responsible for checks and controls on the national territory should be further strengthened. Then c ‘it is a strong commitment to concentrate resources and investments on training and prevention, to support an authentic culture of safety in the workplace “.
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“A particularly useful, fruitful and concrete meeting” during which “some short and medium-term interventions were identified” on safety in the workplace, said Minister Orlando, stressing that the “subject” of the discussion is “important” but also the method on which we will continue. There is agreement to work in this direction. It is no coincidence – he adds – that the government’s confrontation with the social partners starts from the issue that must be addressed first of all because it concerns the life and safety of workers “.
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