Rome, 11 August 2021 – The green pass on workplaces it’s at school it becomes a problem for trade unions. And the obligation of the vaccination passport to access the company canteen, which the government effectively equates to restaurants, triggers the first strike. It happens in Campiglione Fenile, in the province of Turin, where the RSU Fim-Cisl has proclaimed for Friday 13 August 2 hours off work, for the 650 employees of Hanon Systems, a company specializing in electronic components that has announced that only employees who have the green pass will enter the canteen. But on a war footing they are also the school unions which they denounce as “the decision to adopt the green pass for school staff, with relative sanctions in case of non-compliance, has been assumed by the government unilaterally “. Enough” diktat – they argue – the school does not reopen by decree, we need a confrontation “.
Pass for the company canteen
“Workers are discriminated against and yes violates their privacy pillorying them in front of colleagues without considering the reasons why someone has not yet had the vaccine “says Davide Provenzano, leader of Fim Cisl Turin, following the proclamation of a 2 hour strike at Hanon Systems. The trade unionist asks the company “to wait clarifications from the government before proceeding “with the introduction of the obligation of a green pass to access the company canteen.
The communication released by the human resources department of the Campiglione Fenile company explains that the employee without a green pass will not be able to access the canteen and will have to consume his own packed lunch in a different area, but not “in common company areas, changing rooms, break areas and workstations”. Faced with worker protests, the company proposed to create a outdoor awning, but this solution is also not liked.
“Are favorable to the vaccine – Provenzano specifies – but if the workers can work online without a green pass, then they can also eat in the canteen without a certificate. It is a problem that must be solved at a national level, clear guidelines are needed and not impromptu initiatives “. In recent days, the CISL itself said,” it was specified by institutional voice that the green pass is also mandatory for access to the canteens.
company but not to be extended with regard to access to work contexts “.” The rule speaks of establishments that supply food and drinks, not of company canteens which, moreover, have already been applying Covid protocols for some time, which include plexiglas and separate shifts “, replies Provenzano.
But the union protest at the Hanon System may not remain isolated. Also there Stamet di Feletto, a metal molding company also in the Turin area, communicated the obligation of the green pass to its 150 employees. A problem that, upon returning from vacation, will affect a large number of workers, so much so that atIndustrial Union requests for clarification are arriving. “Equating a restaurant to a company canteen – reaffirms the leader of the Turin Fim Cisl Provenzano – is a forcing. The government must clarify “.
The question at school
The school unions are compacting against the obligation of the green pass for staff and above all against the penalties provided for those who do not comply, which go as far as suspension with loss of remuneration. The government has decided “unilaterally”, despite the debate that has been open for some time between the administration and the trade unions to find useful solutions to restart the school in the presence, they accuse with a single document the six acronyms representing the whole sector (Cgil, Cisl and Uil, Snals and Gilda and ‘Anief). It is also for this reason that, “in a category already 90% vaccinated, the measure is fueling strong tensions“, they warn, asking for a change of pace, that is, that solutions to problems are found through dialogue and confrontation.
The Minister of Education intervened on the resistance raised by the school unions, Patrizio Bianchi: “The green pass is a tool a health protection of all – writes the minister in a post on Facebook -, in particular of the most fragile, not a punitive measure. I thank the school staff who joined with very high percentages to vaccination campaign showing great seriousness and responsibility. Vaccination is a key element for the back to school safely and in the presence “. Bianchi also added that the reopening of the school “in the presence and in safety is really thegoal of the whole government“, he assures. And then also” we are at the side of the schools in every step “,” we are putting in place every useful action to alleviate the bureaucratic burden that often weighs on educational institutions “continued the minister announcing the inclusion in the role of more of 42 thousand teachers in addition to the authorization to hire 12,193 Ata personnel.
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