SIGMA TAU WORKERS BLOCK ROMA PLAYERS
January 29, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Password: keep attention high. And today the Sigma Tau employees succeeded very well, blocking the bus of the AS Roma players in Trigoria. The players, on their way to the Stadio Olimpico for the match against Bologna, remained stationary for almost half an hour, with a "wall" of people, adults and children, blocking their passage. “We want everyone to know what is happening – explained the workers – because so far the drama of hundreds of workers has not been given due prominence. After the protest of the Alcoa employees, who blocked the Fiorentina players a week ago in Cagliari, we understood that being able to postpone the match even for just a minute would bring attention to our problem. Trigoria is very close to the Sigma Tau headquarters, and Francesco Totti's father-in-law is a colleague of ours. Coming here was natural."
About a hundred employees demonstrated peacefully throughout the morning, then, when the players boarded the company bus, they positioned themselves in such a way as to block transit. Between banners, smoke bombs and stadium chants, they asked the players to come down, seeking understanding. “Five minutes of your time: this is enough for us. The stadium doesn't run away, work does". After twenty minutes of protest – with chants that, starting with “Forza Roma”, were turning into “You are from the m… you don't understand the problems of people who used to live on 1200 euros a month and who now don't even have those anymore”, and then arrive in “Francesco, Francesco”, addressed to the Giallorossi captain – finally the bus door opened, letting Francesco Totti and Simone Perrotta get off to represent the team.
"I have a wife and two children", explained a worker to whom, to dilute the drama of the moment, Totti replied "I too have a wife and two children".
“Francesco – the employee then told him – I'm from Lazio, but I love you all the same, especially if you help us make our situation known, which you should know very well, given that your father-in-law is one of our colleagues. We need you."
“What can I do?” asked the Roma captain.
“Put on your 569 cap,” replied the worker. Received confirmation from the
