Patrizio Bertelli, patron of the brand, bursts into the debate on the mandatory green pass to be adopted or not to enter the company (and not only in the canteens, as it is now) Prada, which, among the first in Italy, announces: entry into the factories and offices of the fashion group – which in Italy employs about 3 thousand people – will be allowed only to those who have the green certificate or the certificate of recovery from Covid in last six months.
Towards a trade union agreement
The deadline for the entry into force of the new rules will be 6 September and the intention of the owners – which has already submitted the hypothesis to internal workers’ representatives – is to arrive at the definition of a trade union agreement. For workers without a green pass, Prada will carry out periodic rapid swabs, paid for by the company.
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The transaction is similar to the one announced by the US investment bank Goldman Sach s, which from 7 September provides a mandatory green pass for employees and customers. Prada plays ahead with the aim of preserving the health and safety of workers. «In this phase of the pandemic – states a note – the Group believes that the vaccination campaign is decisive for overcoming the health emergency and for creating safe working conditions in a protected environment. In this sense, the green pass can be welcomed within the company as a protection, a safety tool for workers “.
Periodic tests and swabs in the company
After all, in the last year and a half Prada has been among the Italian industries that has invested most in combating the spread of the Covid infection, first by carrying out serological tests and then periodic rapid swabs to all employees (and also to their families) and frequenters of the factories, in addition to measuring the temperature, reorganizing workstations, providing masks.
The compulsory nature of the green pass has its roots in these investments in safety, recognized by the trade unions themselves and capable of limiting the outbreaks of infection to a minimum. Although in Tuscany, where Prada has several production plants, the compulsory green pass hypothesis seems to raise some perplexity in the union: in Arezzo the Femca-Cisl stressed that “health must be protected with specific laws and not with agreements that create discrimination”, evoking government provisions rather than local agreements.