Beko dispute in Rome. Social pact signed. Redundancy payments and industrial relaunch approved.

Beko reached a new milestone yesterday in the dispute following a marathon meeting at the Ministry of Labor , where unions, the company, and institutions signed a Social Pact outlining the path for the reindustrialization of the Siena site, including the transfer of workers currently employed at the Viale Toselli plant to a new investor. At the same time, the procedure pursuant to Article 234 was completed, allowing Siena workers to access NASPI, the monthly unemployment benefit. Incentives for voluntary redundancies are also planned, of which there are currently around thirty. The entire process will be monitored directly by the Ministry of Labor.

"The first step has been taken," the satisfied representatives of Siena's Fim Cisl, Fiom Cgil, and Uilm unions commented after long and difficult negotiations. "Now the decisive phase begins: we must work together to identify a new industrial entity capable of guaranteeing production and employment continuity. The real game begins now. We remain united, determined, and focused on the goal: reviving employment in Siena."

Meanwhile, Siena Mayor Nicoletta Fabio, along with the City Council and Siena MP Francesco Michelotti of the Brothers of Italy (FdI), will be attending the Beko workers' rally tomorrow. They will outline the next steps in the revitalization process for the Viale Toselli site. Specifically, it appears the agreement reached will begin to be implemented on August 8th.

Massimo Martini, secretary of the Siena branch of the UILM, emphasizes: "At the ministerial meeting, we were confirmed that ten parties are interested in acquiring the Beko site on Viale Toselli. Until now, plant visits have been virtual, but starting in the last week of August, when production will be suspended, they will be in person." He continues: "We have included in the Social Plan the possibility for us unions to monitor the quality of new investors through meetings at the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy. The goal is to transfer workers to the new investor while maintaining all the qualifications they have acquired over the years, such as seniority."

Daniela Miniero, secretary of the Fiom-CGIL union in Siena, has no doubts: "This dispute is complicated and deserved attention and strong nerves, because the procedure was fraught with pitfalls. The company attempted not to undermine the protections for workers remaining on the site. We managed to bring the guarantees contained in the framework agreement into the Social Plan, detailing them." She then added: "We recommitted the company to discussing reindustrialization at Mimit, maintaining the workers' pre-existing qualifications in the transition to the new investor." And finally: "Beko wants to leave Siena as soon as possible, regardless of workers' rights," she concluded. "Therefore, it must be carefully monitored in all its actions."

Giuseppe Cesarano, leader of Fim Cisl Siena, is pleased: "This is a historic agreement for Tuscany and, I would say, for Italy as well. I repeat, the goal is one and only one: to revive employment in Siena." Meanwhile, tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., Deputy Mayor Michele Capitani and the Honorable Francesco Michelotti (FdI) will meet with Beko workers at the protest on Viale Toselli to outline future steps.