The signature arrives on the new industrial plan of Whirlpool. In the late morning of today, at Palazzo Chigi, the agreement between Whirlpoll and the unions was signed in front of the premier Matteo Renzi, landlord. The agreement made official today provides for a new industrial plan of the American company which aims to relaunch the Italian plants and a total investment from 513 million euros for the next 4 years.
In the tweet of the Ministry of Economic Development account, the photo with the signature of Minister Guidi
Signed in front of @matteorenzi agreement #Whirlpool with Federica #Do you drive @MinDevelopment pic.twitter.com/oh3sCFb5jD
— E. Romagna Manoja (@ERomagnaManoja) July 24 2015
In the words of Minister Federica Guidi there is also a clear mention of the issue of redundancies at Whirlpool: “It's a very important agreement, with an industrial plan that has been modified in the most difficult parts. There are no more redundancies and all factories have an industrial mission. "Italy – added the minister – becomes central to the strategies of the Whirlpool group by bringing back the production that was previously abroad within our country and doing about 70% of the research in Italy",
After 5 months of very bitter negotiations at the Ministry of Economic Development, this morning Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the Minister of Development Federica Guidi, the Undersecretary of Labor Teresa Bellanova and the leaders of Fim, Fiom, Uilm and Ugl Marco Bentivogli, Maurizio Landini, Rocco Palombella and Antonio Spera put pen to paper the agreement with the multinational with stars and stripes. The governors of Marche, Lombardy, Piedmont and Campania, regions where the former Indesit factories are located, have also signed the agreement with Whirlpool. now owned by Whirlpool following its acquisition last year.
