Joseph Carroccia
Today, Thursday, February 11, 2010, a delegation of workers of Alcoa will return to garrison Rome piazza Deputies, the Parliament, while Palazzo Chigi, the seat of government, will take place from 19.30 the meeting between the trade unions, representatives of workers, representatives of local authorities, government and Italian executives of the corporation.
The outcome of the negotiations is uncertain, but unlike the meeting of February 2 this time it will be difficult to postpone a decision. For now it is locked the arrogance of the multinational that wanted to stop the production of aluminum, which, for the characteristics of those plants, in fact meant the permanent closure of establishments Portovesme (Sardinia) and Fusina (Veneto), the layoffs and then mobility (dismissal) for over 2000 workers. This
just as the aluminum giant's CEO Klaus Kleinfeld (4 million dollars on his salary in 2008, his severance pay 8 million), who resigned in 2007 from Siemens for a bribery scandal, appeared triumphantly to shareholders foreshadowed extraordinary results with a 2010 opening of plants in Saudi Arabia. It has its own reason the Nobel Prize for Economics Stigliftz when he denounced those who caused this global crisis is ready to waffle on. But will have to deal with despair, anger and determination of the workers.
the evening and the night of Feb. 2, the feast of Candlemas, which means winter in Rome semo would be, if they have had an extraordinary demonstration, perhaps the beginning of a working spring. Despite the proverb
beautiful day turned the cold side of the square in which the barriers and the cordon of police thought they had contained the 600 protesters at the hub of an outpost bordering around the city center in search of firewood for huge bonfires around which the gazebo with the refreshment of re-founding of communist and workers Eutelia soups, warming the hearts of workers already incendiary crackling under a beautiful full moon. Scaffolding
uprooted, two giant barrels stolen in a fancy restaurant, fruit boxes, sheets and newspapers animated the campfire, the conversation of his companions, continuous burst of fireworks, the speeches of the delegates and local administrators and especially the spectacle of an extraordinary entertainer Sardinian (probably also unemployed since the fall of 30% of tourism in Sardinia), alternating chants, slogans seventies extremely outdated (It 's time is now power to those who work), folk songs, military marches and slogans, gave a pulsating rhythm to the presidium, agonizing waiting on the outcome of negotiations.
But with anguish in the faces marked by fatigue, under the battered helmets for the drumming on the pavement and on which each had written a personal message, nell'incedere safe and given to those workers who seemed rugby players (hard to upload and win a scrum as seen November 26), we are fortunate that we had gone to bring solidarity and we brought home an extraordinary lesson in courage and strength, we have ascertained that they do not give up, dropped from ships and from the roofs, have pitched their tents as Indian warriors, as the four died of multiple flags waving: it will not end in a draw and win if we win all of them really.
But the most beautiful and important lesson was when three o'clock in the morning, the delegates explained the results of the comparison impromptu meeting and opened the debate on what to do. Impossible to describe, you need to understand that there what may be the workers' democracy. Today
Shrove Tuesday which opens the last week of carnival workers of Alcoa's return to Rome. Do not miss the opportunity to meet them. Give another demonstration as they did by blocking the airport of Cagliari and dragging the entire island in a successful general strike that despite the limitations of the platform has sent a message of hope and durable resistance.
A lesson to us Roman is charged by the police yesterday as manifested by the Prefecture in a Roman garrison called by the network against the crisis, born October 28 last year (the same day that the workers were Eutelia) to unite the struggles in the capital . Workers at risk the job, unemployed, homeless, immigrants, temporary workers, students were in the streets to ask to be heard by the prefect, local administrators saw the guilty silence of the mayor's fascist despite € 500 million for capital does not spend a euro roma the crisis, not halved the rates, does not confirm to Eutelia public procurement.
And the workers are without wages for seven months and yesterday one of them ended up in hospital for the beatings took on the head.
But we are sure will not stop to think and fight. Last and penultimate together for us not having to pay the costs of the crisis. Although it will be hard without fear.
