By Editorial board on December 9, 2012 – Those who the pharmacy Magazine
The workers' assemblies of BRACCO, in its 3 companies involved in the San Donato office and external forces, held on 15 and 16 November saw a massive, attentive, full of concern and strong unease participation.
In fact, the verbal declaration of an imminent collective dismissal procedure for a total of 186 workers, 111 of which are external and 75 internal, surprised, embittered and indignant all the participating workers and their trade union representatives.
The reasons, which in our opinion are purely economic and linked to hypotheses that will develop over the next three years, cannot justify such a substantial and devastating redundancy declaration. We find it hard to understand what new organizational and operational set-up of the entire external network could arise from such a strong downsizing and what its ability to remain competitive might be. We think that the mere instrument of reduction or suspension of personnel is not acceptable and capable of finding all those solutions that must also respond to our questions, needs and interests. We believe it is necessary to use a plurality of interventions and resources that can offer the people involved shared solutions, capable of offering an opportunity for relocation within the organization and in any external and collateral structures; or even an exit path towards retirement goals or new activities supported by economic and organizational contributions and supports.
We are also thinking of the need to develop a path of solidarity: not only of a feasible hypothesis of a "solidarity contract" as required by the rules, but more generally of an organizational solidarity of redistribution of workloads, professionalism, attendance, using part-time work and the indications contained in the current collective labor agreement.
However, we believe that, given the declared difficulty, solidarity must also be demonstrated by the entire Bracco management team: we are willing to reason and find solutions, including economic ones if balanced by a reciprocal fair intervention. In fact, we ask ourselves if the reduction of costs should take place and pass only by cutting personnel and not also by cutting waste, excesses, sponsorships, consultants and other things which, in a logic of savings, must be profoundly revised.
