STEP 1-Whirlpool, in the business plan confirms Carinaro – Cisl – Reuters Italy

       

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ROME, June 23 (Reuters) – In the business plan presented by the Whirlpool trade unions there is the confirmation that the industrial site Carinaro, in the province of Caserta, will remain open and that will start 320 workers, compared to 815 today.

       

He said today in a note Marco Bentivoglio, secretary of Fim Cisl.

       

“The meeting today was presented the new business plan. The plan includes 513 million euro more than 30 million already in place, return of 650,000 pieces from Turkey, China and Poland, confirming Italy as center excellence of the EMEA will be concentrated where the 75% of investments in research and development amounted to 90 million a year, “said the union leader.

       

“The new plan does not generate redundancies and provides missions for all industrial sites, increasing the saturation media sites from 55% to 70% and 6.25 million pieces per year.”

       

A Carinaro will be concentrated all the activities of the EMEA (Europe, Africa and Middle East) of components related to accessories and spare parts, the statement said, that will be used throughout the area of ​​the existing plant and will present ” leaving 320 workers on 18 shifts (three shifts of six hours to five teams from Monday to Saturday) with strong growth opportunities. “

       

According to a union source, however, 200 of the 320 employees would work normally while another 120 would be placed in rotation in unemployment benefits (“a year of layoffs and two years of solidarity contracts”).

       

For the remaining 500 workers who do not fall in Carinaro, says the source, “the management plan of the redundancies would be as follows: 200 may engage the board in the next few years, is 150 counts which may accept the incentives for voluntary mobility , 50 may accept the transfer incentive to Varese and 100 would move to Napoli. “

       

The Fim Cisl has asked to increase incentives already proposed and also guarantees on the sale of the plant of Finland, in Piedmont, and the transfer of Albacina in Melano.

        
       

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