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Italy 2010. Under the pretence of crisis FIAT threatens to close down its factory.

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So, it achieves limitations on the right for strike and sick pay, 

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as well as an increase of the assembly line's velocity. 

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This is happening in a country with an unemployment rate of 8.6% - unofficially of 16,8%.

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30% of adolescents are without work, 3 million are precarious 

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and 8 million live in poverty. 

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FIAT begins with a factory in Pomigliano d'Arco in the south of the country. 

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5000 workers are called to a ballot vote

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to decide between the company's dictate or unemployment. 

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50% of the workers do not vote or opt for “no”.

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Because of the votes of white collar employees and foremen 

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the company's proposal succeeded in 63% of the votes. 

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At the same time, a smear campaign targeting those who are resisting is started. 

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...there are no objections to this consensual exchange of ideas. 

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But the current war preparations are a strong contradiction to this. 

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We know that in the forthcoming discussion you want to be the judges yourselves, 

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and we know that, if we stand firm for our interests and do not retreat, 

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the negotiations are going to lead to a war. 

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On the other hand, if we agree with you, it leads to slavery. 

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From “The Diary of a Provocateur” by Dario Paccino

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Referring to the serious action that you seem to have committed in our factories, 

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we inform you that as a precaution and with immediate effect 

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your employment will be entirely suspended 

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pending the outcome of the above investigations. 

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Yours sincerely... 

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We are dealing with two opposing models: 

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One which insists on protecting the past	 

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and another one which insists on looking ahead. 

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Fiat presses charges against 50 workers and unionists. 

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We are no longer in the 60s. 

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It is not possible to lay the foundations of the future, 

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if you are of the opinion that there is a conflict between capital and labour, bosses and workers. 

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These old-school employers who remained in the 30s but so often talk about the 70s. 

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If they went out to the streets more often, 

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maybe they would discover 

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that there is a new and renewed will 

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to defend and to strengthen 

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the achievements gained by the collective agreement 

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through fighting any form of repression by any means necessary. 

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Certain forms of behaviour, like a lack of respect for the rules, 

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cannot be tolerated. 

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In some cases these criminals even committed sabotage. 

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If they behave like this, there is little to negotiate. 

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What's going on? We are serious people and we want to work. 

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They are the ones who aren't serious and who don't want to work – not us. 

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Who are "they"? 

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The ones who are in authority. 

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They want the impossible. We are willing to work, 

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but they go beyond the physical limits of the people. 

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One hears that they want 18 shifts... 

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We have had 18 shifts before. 

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We know what that means.

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It means to stop living:

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you don't have a family any more, no one's there for you. 

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It means to be here, even though you're not here. 

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And when you're at home, you don't get anything. 

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Because the shifts completely mess up your sleeping rhythm, your nutrition, everything... 

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We know what 18 shifts mean. 

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Three colleagues from the other shift were fired 

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and were reinstated later. 

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Not officially... 

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What happened? What can you tell me about these three colleagues? 

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There is a lot of bitterness. 

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Some colleagues have filled suits for reinstatement. 

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Unfortunately, Marchionne or FIAT decided not to let them back in. 

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There is an appeals process, 

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but right now they are not permitted to work. 

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It s been the same for 16 years now. We've been going through that for a long time now. 

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What are the prospects for the future? 

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Grim, very grim. 

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I say to myself: Luckily, I only have one child. 

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If I had two or three, I wouldn't know... It's really bad. 

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Even for you all, when you'll have children... I don't know. 

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With such a future we don't have expectations, no security, nothing. 

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Unfortunately, we can't predict the future of FIAT. 

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Marchionne has a clear vision. The union is trying to understand 

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the strategy of FIAT - that's it. 

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Marchionne says: Waive your rights and do more shifts, 

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then you'll have more work. 

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In Pomigliano there was a particular situation: 

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FIAT introduced several additions to the collective agreement 

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and we expect them to be introduced in all other subsidiaries as well. 

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But we don't know that for sure yet. 

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What are you going to do if they make a proposal? 

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Are you going to comply with the 18 shifts? 

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There is going to be a strike for sure. 

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We have already got some experience. 

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There was a strike lasting 21 days. 

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Right now I'm not sure how it might end. 

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At the moment, it seems that everybody is holding together. Anyway, we are going to see what happens. 

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Will you personally get involved? 

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Sure, definitely. 

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We have to defend the rights that were gained in the past. 

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There is a contract that hopefully will be maintained and won't be changed. 

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And we hope that the state will help us. 

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Lately the state seems to be absolutely absent. 

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What's it like to work on a assembly line? 

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It's tough, 

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tough and alienating. 

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I don't know, it's stupid. 

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If you have to go to the toilet, the whole factory knows that you're going to the toilet. 

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It's just stupid. 

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Work never stops, it wears ypu down.

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They increase the piecework. 

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They always want more – without hiring more people... 

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Well, I don't know... 

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Maybe they think that we are still in our 20s or 30s like when we were first hired. 

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But we are not! 

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One can feel that... 

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Some people begin to feel worn out. 

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Me too. I'm not as healthy anymore as I was. 

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Because I'm not even in a good physical shape anymore, I'm very concerned about my future. 

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I wonder what to do? 

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I started to work here, when I still was in good shape. 

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After 16 years, I had severe health problems. 

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All because I work hard, hard, hard. 

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After I get off from work, I throw myself on the sofa and I'm not alive anymore. 

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I get out here and I can't walk anymore... 

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And what do you do then? 

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Up until July I was working in a way that 

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within 107 seconds... 

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Well, we built 230 cars per shift. 

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You have approximately 107 seconds 

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to get the side air bags out of the box, 

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they look like two „sausages“ – that's what we call them, 

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to climb into the car, 

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to sit down, 

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with a small stool they gave us most of the time, 

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to take the riveting machine, 

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to bring both air bags into position, 

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at first on one side, then on the other one, 

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then to apply the rivets in order to fix it.

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Then you have to take the form and stamp it. 

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That is something like an individual certificate. 

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With this stamp I state, 

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that everything I did, was done alright. 

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Then you have to get out of the car and go to the next one. 

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107 Seconds – Workers of the South 

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It was like walking through a long, badly illuminated tunnel. 

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They had told us that competition benefits us all, 

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that work would be a commodity like any other 

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and that anyone would be able reap its rewards. 

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They explained to us 

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that we wouldn't need the rights any more we had fought for for decades, 

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that they would constrain industrial development and competition, 

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that they would harm us most. 

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But after some time, the eyes are able to see in the dark. 

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This is the story of Giovanni, 

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Antonio, 

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and Marco. 

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Workers of the south.

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They got fired because they refused to be exploited, 

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fired because they are unionists, 

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fired because they are uncomfortable witnesses to the existence of a particular social class. 

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This is the story of a class that keeps on existing 

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and which after years of defeat 

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resists again. 

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We organize a march for work, rights and democracy 

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and we raise the question why law isn't the same for everyone. 

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So, we're going go to Rome to demand justice. 

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Right now we are driving to Foggia, to the SOFIM factory, 

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where motors are produced for FIAT. 

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Tomorrow we are going to Cassino, 

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on Wednesday to Pomigliano 

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and on Thursday to Roma 

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to the Ministry of Justice 

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to demand justice.

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We want to see if all men are really equal 

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or if there is a logic of justice that applies only for some people. 

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The Labour Code is a document 

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which guarantees dignity for everybody at the workplace. 

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They are trying to drive out unions from the workplace. 

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We have seen that. They started in public services. 

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They began with the mechanics, after that it will be the textiles, 

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the chemical and all other sectors that will be affected. 

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There are also attempts at intimidation by other unions. 

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They are addressing the members of the FIOM and telling them 

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that they expect all members of this subsidiary to be dismissed 

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because of what happened in Melfi. 

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Logically, the people get scared in this situation, 

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given the low level of unionized labour. 

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Today, lots of people didn't come out of fear, 

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although they say they are on our side. 

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And there is no doubt about that.

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In Melfi, there hasn't taken place a meeting for a year.

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We've come to this place and they tell us the same thing, 

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this is the company's strategy. 

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The central committee said, 

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that in all metal-working factories meetings end after an hour. 

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End of story. It almost seems like a strategy. 

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All of this started as „The Story of Pomigliano“ 

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with this particular notion of „we all agree“. 

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Even those who signed it, said it was something special of this area, 

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an area with crime, mafia, ... 

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Do you remember what they have said? 

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They said that this wouldn't be transferred as a model to other factories. 

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I don't believe that to be true. 

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These days they signed the withdrawal from the nation-wide collective agreement. 

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So, it's just an excuse 

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to say the agreement was only valid in Pomigliano. 

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We will bear the consequences, beginning in Melfi. 

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At the Sevel, where we were yesterday, they told us the same. 

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We are facing a ruthless attack on democracy. 

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We are saying: 

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If this is an agreement they fear, as if it was a good one, 

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why don't they say that at meetings? 

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Why don't they make clear which are the beneficial aspects for the workers then? 

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The truth is, there are no advantages for the workers 

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and therefore they are being distracted from what is really going on. 

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I ask you to pay attention at this stage, 

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because no one is immune. 

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No one in Italy is immune against this plan 

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and therefore we must be careful. 

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Thank you for your attention, colleagues. 

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With the entry of precariousness, Italian companies don't do anything other 

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than recruit their workers trough temp agencies 

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and after two years of temporary employment, they are hired with a fixed-term contract. 

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After another period of two or three years, 

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only those workers are permanentky hired 

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who conncede that the factory 

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is not the one they used to know. 

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Instead it's a place where workers are subjected to the bosses decisions. 

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And once they are in the company, comes the cherry on the cake: 

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The collective agreement is destroyed 

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and after all, there isn't even protection against unjustified dismissal any more. 

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The employer can dismiss you at any time 

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because they even want to have a free hand when it comes to firing. 

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If someone tells you, 

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that workers on strike 

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can be sanctioned by dismissal 

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this means the end of trade unions. 

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Also it means the end of the worker as a subject 

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who sells his work force in a factory 

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and, hence, wants his rights to be respected. 

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Why does this attack happen at this particular moment? 

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Unfortunately, Italy, Europe and the whole world are undergoing a general crisis 

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and as a result of that there is a crisis of work. 
 
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The worker in the factory is scared. 

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He is afraid of losing his work, because he knows that outside there is only scorched earth. 

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So, they benefit from the crisis 

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in order to establish a new relationship with the union. 

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Therefore, the workers must create a new resistance at the factories 

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and those who are outside should begin to pull theirselves together. 

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Listen up! It's not only the fate of a single trade union that is at stake, 

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but it's the fate of all the workers 

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Without rights in the factory, you die! 

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The suspension of rights doesn't help the Italian population in anyway. 

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It started with the compensation of inflation, 

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with this fairy tail that without the compensation we would be better off, 

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and workers would benefit. 

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But that's not what happened. 

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Then they went on with the apprenticeship contracts 

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which first lasted for 12 month, later on for 24 months and since that was still not enough 

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they introduced contracts with a duration of 36 months – but that wasn't sufficient either. 

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Today, there are incredible forms of flexibility and it's still not enough for them. 

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What else do we have to give? 

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The Italian population, the workers, the citizens, the students, the schools,... 

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...what else do they have to give? 

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The Labour Code sets out a fundamental right 

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that every worker has to work. 

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It applies to everyone, whatever their workplace 

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– be it an office or a factory. 

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But it also states rights which must be respected by owners and bosses. 

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From the point on where one of both principles is missing, as far as I know, 

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you can no longer speak of a civilised country or world. 

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We are the ones from Alfa Romeo, 

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we are the ones of the autumn, 

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who say all together: 

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„We don't do night-shifts anymore.“ 

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We are the ones from Alfa Romeo, 

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who tell the engineers: 

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„Your scheduling is truly a pain in the ass!“ 

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We are the ones from Alfa Romeo, 

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we don't want to die from work, 

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and we say: „Enough is enough! 

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This shit has to end now!“ 

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We are the ones from Alfa Romeo, 

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who tell the management: 

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„We keep on fighting one minute longer than the boss.“ 

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And if the management doesn't comply with our demands, 

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we are going to shut down production until we have won! 

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We want to emphasize to you 

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that this is an attack on the freedom and rights existing in Italy. 

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From schools to factories, 

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all other work places and offices... 

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If we don't stand firm, this definitely is going to be the end, 

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the end of everything, of democracy in Italy. 

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In order to avoid a confrontation they decide 

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to donate the meeting hours to the bosses. 

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They want to send us back to the 1950s in a flash. 

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So, we have to be cautious, fight and oppose us to this plan

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The nation-wide collective agreement belongs to all of us, 

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it has to be defended and strengthened. 

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We are here to tell FIM and UILM 

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that they need a mandate from the workers 

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before they make a move and sign the agreement. 

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The ballot has to be carried out, no matter what FIAT wants. 

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The ballot has to be carried out because it's about the rights. 

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The workers are the ones to decide! 

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Thanks to the colleagues from Melfi, 

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who came here to report on their adventures 

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and who are in this fight with us. 

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Solidarity with the workers from Melfi!

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Solidarity with the values of democracy and rights! 

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Workers, tomorrow two hours strike at the end of the shift! 

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The situation we are going through in Cassino, 

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is almost identical to that of other FIAT subsidiaries. 

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There is major concern about what's happening right now. 

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Mayor concern, because the attacks on the collective agreement 

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don't only affect some employees. 

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Everybody here understands 

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that the attack on the collective agreement is the instrument 

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for implementing what they want to implement in Pomigliano. 

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Therefore, everyone is curiously awaiting forthcoming developments. 

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There is a great sensitivity, 

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and there is a necessity felt by many

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for someone capable to 

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explain at meetings what's really going on.

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Because what's happening right now 

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is going to have mayor effects on the working and living conditions 

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 – not only now, but in the future as well. 

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Under the pretext of fighting violence and damage, 

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FIAT put itself in a judge's position and has prejudged the accused 

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– even before the real judge could come to a decision about whether the accusations were justified or not – 

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by suspending them without paying compensations. 

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Today the FIAT workers demand 

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immediate reinstatement of all workers 

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who were fired without reason. 

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Let those suspended back to work! 

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We have to leave this meeting with a new and renewed will 

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to defend the achievements gained by the collective agreement 

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and to completely realize them 

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through the affirmation of our will 

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to fight back any form of repression with all means necessary. 

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Never mind the level it may appear on, 

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be it in the company, at a political or a governmental level. 

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The working class is not going to retreat. 

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It's ready to resume the fight immediately, 

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against all those trying to limit its achievements. 

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...the colleagues Barozzino, Lamorte and Pignatelli 

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- you might have read about them in the newspapers. 

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They were not able to speak at some meetings, 

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because they were denied access. 

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Today we invited them to Cosenza, 

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so they can tell us about what has happened that night at the assembly line. 

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Next one to talk is Giovanni Barozzino, a delegate of FIOM-CGIL at FIAT Melfi, 

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he was fired and reinstated by court order. 

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I'm going to explain what has happened that night: 

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FIAT had decided to send 1700 workers per shift on short-time. 

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Short-time meant they got paid by the public hand. 

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With a high-handed attitude 

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and as a shame to democracy,

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they decided at the same time to produce another 150 cars per day. 

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150 cars per day! 

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Without putting any additional workers on the assembly line. 
 
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That's what we are denouncing! 

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That's what we are denouncing!

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A serious trade union should demand dialogues in order to understand the following: 

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First, why do the workers ask us to come to the line? Because they can't comply with their numbers. 

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Second, why doesn't it appear strange

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that they demand short-time on one hand, 

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while they want 150 additional cars per day on the other? 

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I ask all of you to reflect on these things. 

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We didn't get a single answer and the strike began. 

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First, we went on strike in one hall 

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with 107 workers. 

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65 out of the 107 went on strike. 

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Finally, the factory stood still. 

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The cars couldn't leave the factory because they function as sequencer. 
 
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Usually, they arrive exactly when the line starts. If the line stops, 

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Usually, they arrive just when the line starts. 

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If the line stops, the cars won't leave. 

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They company itself blocks them. 

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They should stop talking nonsense. 

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We won't put up with that! 

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That they have gone this far, 

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we aren't to be blamed, but they are.

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Those who are said to always be in opposition are to be blamed. 

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Those wanting to be guarantors of democracy, rights, dignity: 

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But it's not enough to just verbalize, you have to put it into practice. 

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Actually, I just want to let you know how we experience the factory. 

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The right-wing government 

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obviously is not on the workers' side:

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Tax relief for companies and entrepreneurs. 

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So, of course we vote for the leftist government. 

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But the left government doesn't revoke the right government's measures 

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- which it's whole electoral campaign was focused on - 

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but it even cuts down compensations and the welfare state. 

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But it's not because of the workers. 

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They blame them for not voting the left any more. 

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But the workers wonder where it has gone, the left? They can't find it any more! 

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At work we feel abandoned 

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00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,720
by trade unions as well as by politicians. 

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Those working in factories know very well 

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that there is plenty of pressure. 

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Once you have reached a certain point, 

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you use all your good will 

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but at last it's not enough. 

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Work is getting unbearable – in a physical sense. 

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It's not possible to  fulfill what's asked any longer. 

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What has happened to us, could function very well

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as a precursor for what is still to come, 

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if the intended changes are implemented into the Labour Code.

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According to the industrialists, the Code should be abolished completely. 

403
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To be honest, I'm not very keen on being treated like a slave. 

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Thanks for your attention! 

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We have been informed that because of the union's standing 

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and because of the strikes which were realized at FIAT during the last days, 

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FIAT has announced to take back the suspensions. 

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In Turin, the workers were informed about the withdrawal of the suspensions

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during the live screening of the court case against FIAT. 

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Some of the suspended are going back to work within three days, others at the end of the month. 

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I'm a suspended worker from Hall 82. 

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First, I want to thank all of you, 

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because if I and the other suspended come back to FIAT, 

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it's not because FIAT has done us a favour, but because all of you 

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have brought us back in. 

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Every single one and at once! Every single one and at once! 

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00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,000
I have worked at FIAT since 13 years, down in SATA Melfi.

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I was hired at the age of 21. 

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When my formation was over, I immediately enrolled in the FIOM. 

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After a year, I became a member of the regional presidency. 

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I had to change the department several times against my will. 

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I guess, back then there was a plan, 

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to oppress everyone 

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who tried to spread unionism amongst the majority of the workers. 

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00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,600
Well, I can say that I have run trough 

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all departments and all shifts in Melfi. 

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Back then, all of us were young folks from the Basilicata, 

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full of hope and enthusiasm. 

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00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,800
Later, after some time, 

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00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,000
through talks outside the factory, 

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00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,200
through the advertisement out there – we got to know tough reality. 

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We've learned that inside the factory things were different. 

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00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,520
Everything happening in the working sphere,

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00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:32,700
the attacks on the workers,

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00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:38,920
the attitude of FIAT and Marchionne towards the abolition of workers' rights... 

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00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,320
All of this has come a long way. 

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00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:46,520
Some years ago, FIAT has decided to dismiss us, 

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in order to have an easy game against 

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00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:56,920
worker's movements inside the factory. 

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00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:01,320
Then, 316 persons were moved to Nola, 

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because FIAT wanted them to be removed from that factory, 

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They were considered to be dangerous workers, 

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because they had instigated strikes and struggles for worker's rights. 

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In my opinion, the worst incident took place in Pomigliano. 

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FIAT said: either you accept what we say 

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or we move to another place 

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- despite all attempts of mediation. 

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There wasn't space for real negotiations. 

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Neither was there space 

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to formulate common proposals 

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which might have been even more efficient. 

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00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,520
FIAT doesn't want any obstacles in its way. 

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00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:18,720
They want laws designed for the labour market. 

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00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:24,120
They want third world conditions in FIAT factories. 

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00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:32,320
They want to abolish the Labour Code which was gained after years of struggle. 

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Obviously, they are trying to achieve it trough dismissals 

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and repression, through relocations of workers and factories 

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00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,920
and finally through “banishment departments”, 

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some kind of ghetto departments where people are sent to, 

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because, in one way or another, they have fought for their rights. 

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00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,520
That's what FIAT wants, 

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00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:55,720
that's what the bosses want, 

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00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,920
that's what capital wants: 

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total exploitation in the factories in order to reduce costs. 

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00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Keep in mind that Angeletti and Bonnanni didn't even manage

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to speak at a party of their friends. 

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Because of massive protests, 

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00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,600
Bonanni wasn't able to speak at the Democratic Party's festival. 

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The whole political sphere got upset. 

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So, what should we as workers say about it? 

471
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:30,200
That we've earned 750 € per month for the last 3 years? That we are being blackmailed at work? 

472
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And that now they are taking away the collective agreement. 

473
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,600
In my opinion Bonanni was lucky to just have received a smoke granade

474
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and lot of whistling. He would have deserved something completely different. 

475
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,000
He is abolishing our rights. 

476
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,200
He is abolishing our dignity. 

477
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:49,400
What does Bonanni expect the workers to do? Applause? 

478
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,600
I don't know what he excepts apart from whistling? 

479
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Who sells the rights, doesn't deserve anything else. He who sows the wind, shall reap the whirlwind! 

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So, try to imagine what it means to work 7.5 hours in a row

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- until the last minute. 

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While there is a water dispenser at a distance of 2 meters, but you're not allowed to drink. 

483
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,600
Finally, within the last hour a supervisor comes up to you 

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00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,800
and tells you to stay half an hour longer. So, you won't be able to eat. 

485
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,000
That's what we are talking about. About people that came from far away, 

486
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,520
in the 70s. People that were hired on a regional basis. 

487
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:28,720
People that get up at 3.30 in the morning, 

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00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,920
in order to be at the factory at 5.30 and to work 7.5 hours there. 

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When they have been on their feet for 12 to 13 hours, 

490
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,120
the company tells them to keep working instead of eating. That's what we are talking about! 

491
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,000
The words of Minister Tremonti were clear:

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For a country like Italy it's a luxury to invest in security. 

493
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:54,400
It's a complete shame that a minister tells you this. 

494
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,600
According to statistics, 6 workers die every day. 

495
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,800
Why? It's a form of inhibition that leads us up to this point. 

496
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Someone who has worked in the factory for 30 years doesn't enter an insecure warehouse. 

497
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,400
He says to himself: "I won't enter! I'm not crazy, am I?" 

498
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,600
Someone with an atypical contract, on the contrary, would do it. 

499
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:18,800
A person like me - with 3 children, sole earner, atypical contract - is susceptible to blackmail. 

500
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,200
Therefore this person won't report a work accident. 

501
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,400
He/She is even afraid of his/her own shadow. 

502
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,000
So if everything goes well, we work 4 days per week. 

503
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,200
Two models are produced here: The 147 and the 159. 

504
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:12,400
The 159 is going to occupy workers for 2 to 3 days. 

505
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:16,600
The 147 is a car which nowadays is hardly being produced. 

506
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,200
Since last July, 2000 workers having produced the 147 

507
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,600
are not needed any more. 

508
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,000
We don't know how all this is going to end. 

509
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,200
Colleagues from Pomigliano, 

510
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,400
make yourselves heard and raise your voices, 


511
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,400
against Marchionne and his fascist plan.

512
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:41,800
Our colleagues from Melfi were the first ones to bear the consequences of his plan. 

513
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,520
At this moment, everyone knows what the problem is. 

514
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:50,120
FIAT wasn't satisfied with the ballot outcome. 

515
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,320
Because of that they made a so called “plan C”: 

516
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,520
On the 19th, a new company called "Newco" 

517
00:42:55,720 --> 00:43:03,720
was enlisted in the Commercial Register in Turin. 

518
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:09,920
Thereby, FIAT obviously tries to bypass all rules. 

519
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,920
Currently, we are experiencing an unprecedented repression in this company. 

520
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:19,120
Besides from working short time, 

521
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,120
workers experience a political and trade union terrorism. 

522
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:26,320
Especially members of the FIOM are under a constant thread 

523
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,520
because of their membership and their beliefs. 

524
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:33,720
Also because of their assumed voting behaviour. 

525
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,920
Obviously, FIAT is not able to figure out who the individuals were. 

526
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,120
Nevertheless, they try to figure out who voted against it. 

527
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:45,320
We all know the question raised by Marchionne 

528
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,520
about the collective agreement, 

529
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:54,240
which was against all rules of democracy and against Italian constitution. 

530
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:56,440
It is clear that it gets workers 

531
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:00,440
and the trade union into deep trouble. 

532
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,640
Let's show them our solidarity! 

533
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,840
Nevertheless, I think we should give an answer to all members 

534
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,040
by organizing ballots. 

535
00:44:09,240 --> 00:44:13,240
The worker's vote is binding. 

536
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:17,440
The worker's vote is the salt of democracy, 

537
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:21,640
because signing the contract or leaving it depends on the worker's opinion. 

538
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,840
To be for or against Marchionne's opinion. 

539
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:30,040
Listen, is the goal of this trip returning to work? What is our goal? 

540
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:33,240
When is your trip really going to end? 

541
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,040
We are not giving up until we're able to return to work. 

542
00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:41,640
That's what we demand. The court order was clear, so we are not giving up. 

543
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,520
In history there were many things 

544
00:44:56,720 --> 00:45:02,000
weakening the workers and their rights. 

545
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:08,200
I remember when we discussed about social partnership. 

546
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,400
Unfortunately, we must be aware, 

547
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,600
that social partnership with all its contents and values 

548
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:19,800
which might have seemed acceptable in former times 

549
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:25,000
was, at last, only an agreement to jobs. 

550
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,200
We are facing a drama. 

551
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:31,400
The union has to negotiate the sell-out of rights.

552
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,600
I believe it's time to change the tune!

553
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:41,800
To say no to Marchionne, FIAT and the government! Everyone to Rome! 

554
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,520
During these 20, 25 years of social partnership 

555
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:49,720
we only have lost rights. 

556
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:53,920
Either we weren't good at negotiating, 

557
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:58,120
or we haven't been wrong when we thought social partnership was a springboard 

558
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,320
for social achievements in this country. 

559
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,920
Pomigliano supports the suspended colleagues from Melfi! 

560
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:27,120
Reinstated by the Labour Court! 

561
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:33,320
We are here in Pomigliano because of the same reason, 

562
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:37,520
like in all other FIAT subsidiaries in Italy. 

563
00:46:37,720 --> 00:46:40,720
Basically, we want to share our experiences. 

564
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:44,920
We don't want to say: the workers in Pomigliano are alone.  

565
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,120
On the contrary, I think, 

566
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:51,320
a broad struggle has to root at Pomiliano. 

567
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:59,520
It has to unify all subsidiaries leading to real negotiations. 

568
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:11,720
I consider all of us to be precarious.

569
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,920
We're all Palestinians.

570
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:19,120
We're all Africans because of the division of Italy. 

571
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:25,320
There are families that own billions. They are multi-billionaires... 

572
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,520
There is no middle class any more. We're all poor. 

573
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:34,400
Nowadays, you can't say any more a teacher is part of the bourgeois classes. 

574
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,600
For me, a teacher is like a worker at FIAT. 

575
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,800
He earns the same pay, he gets maltreated, 

576
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:44,200
– in another way, but still. The same happens in the public sector. 

577
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:49,400
I think this inequality leads to a division of the struggles.

578
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:53,600
Everyone is fighting on its own. 

579
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,800
Is there a possibility that someone in Italy 

580
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:02,000
starts thinking about a unification of struggles 

581
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,200
which lead to a strong attack? 

582
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,400
We can't bear any more. 

583
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:16,600
The workers must... We must send a message to the workers. 

584
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,800
We must be determined. 

585
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,000
Enough whining! 

586
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,200
The boss started an attack. 

587
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:28,400
He has declared war on us and we must accept the declaration of war. 

588
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,920
The mendacious heroes 

589
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:45,120
It's a war which is being fought on all front-lines. Day after day. 

590
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,320
Words are weapons. 

591
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,520
Distorting their significance is an effective strategy. 

592
00:48:55,720 --> 00:48:57,120
Strike is turned into sabotage. 

593
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:01,320
Work is dying and the workers are reduced to “human resources”. 

594
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:14,520
Throwing a few eggs is considered an attack on democracy. 

595
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:25,720
So, reality is being hidden by a morbid representation of negative sensations 

596
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,920
and by the sexual conventions of the dominant class. 

597
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:48,400
It's pointless to deny: the class conflict exists. 

598
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:59,040
Tyky, Poland, June 13th, 2010 

599
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:02,440
When they moved the production to Poland, 

600
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,640
they told us, if we worked hard 

601
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,840
and exceeded all production limits, 

602
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:13,520
we would be able to keep our jobs and to create new ones. That's what we did. 

603
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:17,720
Today, the factory is the biggest and most productive of Europe. 

604
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:24,920
At the end of last year, rumors began to circulate

605
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:29,200
saying that FIAT wanted to move its production back to Italy.

606
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:35,320
Now, they want Italian workers to accept worse work conditions. 

607
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,520
Like always. 

608
00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:43,720
They tell their employees: If you aren't willing to work like slaves, 

609
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,920
there will be someone else to fill in for you. 

610
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,120
It can't go on like that. 

611
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:54,840
We really have to stop going down to our knees. We have to start fighting. 

612
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,000
When Giovanni's, Antonio's and Marco's 5 day long march for rights 

613
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:41,200
will come to an end, 

614
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:47,400
our initiative won't stop. 

615
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:56,000
FIOM is calling for a mass demonstration on October, 16th in Rome. 

616
00:51:56,200 --> 00:52:00,200
We are addressing all metal-workers, all Italian workers and social forces 

617
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,400
and the whole public. 

618
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:07,200
This goes out to all those thinking that democracy and rights are important 

619
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:11,400
and that they should have a central significance again. 

620
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:15,600
As we have put it in a slogan: 

621
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:20,000
"For us, work is a common good and an element of public interest." 

622
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:25,200
We've noticed that there is a unprecedented solidarity 

623
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:31,200
at all workplaces we have been to. 

624
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,400
On the basis of this solidarity, 

625
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:42,600
we have to construct the future of the Italian working class 

626
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:48,800
This is a call to all of you to demonstrate on the 16th here in Rome. 

627
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,000
This is not only about the FIOM. 

628
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:58,200
It's not about the power struggles between different unions. 

629
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,400
It's about the future of workers in Italy. 

630
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,500
It can't be accepted that a company like FIAT decides 

631
00:53:30,700 --> 00:53:32,700
to invest 20 billion Euro in Italy, 

632
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:35,400
while at the same time it's doing reverse outsourcing. 

633
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,600
Production is retrieved from Poland, although it is done well 

634
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:39,800
 - I myself have a factory there. 

635
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:46,000
Yet it's brought back to Italy, to Pomigliano which is a very difficult place... 

636
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:52,400
If FIAT, in return, demands the arrangement of a collective agreement, 

637
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:58,840
as well as working 21 shifts and a higher rate of productivity. 

638
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,040
If they, in return, request the workers, 

639
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:04,240
to respect that, 

640
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,440
it has to be considered an attack on our rights! 

641
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:12,640
The actual crisis is very serious. 

642
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,840
It is used to determine how work conditions

643
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:21,040
will be when the crisis is over. 

644
00:54:21,240 --> 00:54:26,240
Precarity doesn't just mean some lousy laws being passed 

645
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:28,440
and different working conditions. 

646
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:32,640
If you think about it, the precariat and low wages 

647
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:36,840
were determining conditions for a certain form of scientific development 

648
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,040
which now in times of crisis is fundamental. 

649
00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:49,240
It's not possible to return to the past, 

650
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,440
to the culture of permanent jobs. 

651
00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:54,640
In this country this has produced many problems 

652
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:56,880
and a high unemployment rate. 

653
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:00,080
It also led to a rising shadow economy. 

654
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:05,280
It created a logic of absenteeism and idleness. 

655
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:15,480
In order to change the working conditions in our country, 

656
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:20,680
companies and governments act in two ways: 

657
00:55:20,870 --> 00:55:22,870
Abolition of the right to strike

658
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:27,080
and abolition of the right to bargain collectively about labour conditions. 

659
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,280
They carry it out in an authoritarian way. 

660
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,480
Stirring up the conflicts harms everyone. 

661
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:39,680
In situations like this, we really have to put aside class war. 

662
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:43,880
This is a situation – more than ever before – 

663
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:48,080
where the fate of workers and companies is a common one. 

664
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,280
Either we will be winning the competition 

665
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,480
and there will be work and salary for our employees. 

666
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:58,680
Or we won't persist on the international market and then we'll all lose. 

667
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:35,000
From Turin to Pomigliano, we do not bow to blackmail. 

668
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:39,200
The challenge of Antonio, Giovanni and Marco awaits us in the streets.

669
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,600
The vote of Pomigliano is a proof of dignity. 

670
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:52,800
We see the anger and non-conformism of hundreds of thousands of exploited, 

671
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:57,000
workers, precarious, students and migrants. 

672
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,200
After years of silence, as a consequence of the unbearable conditions,

673
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:04,400
the revolt explodes. 

674
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,600
We are sick of it! 

675
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:19,800
We're ready to react 

676
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:24,000
and we're not afraid of anything. 

677
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:26,200
Nothing is going to hold us back! 

678
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:36,400
Piss off, Berlusconi! Piss off! 

679
00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:44,600
We know that our class-consciousness is being shaped. 

680
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:48,800
Today we are taking the first step to create a worker's movement 

681
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:53,000
which is able to negotiate given the right circumstances. 

682
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:59,200
But if the cirsumstances demand it, we're even better at saying “no” and entering into conflict!

683
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,400
Anyways, we won't draw back. 

684
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:25,600
Rights are not negotiable! Let's go for the general strike! 

685
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:37,800
We say it clearly: We won't keep our heads down. 

686
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,000
We have to unify all forces 

687
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:43,200
in order to reject this disgraceful plan, 

688
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,400
Marchionne wants to implement. 

689
00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:51,600
We will not permit 

690
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:56,800
workers to be turned against each other

691
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:01,000
- neither on a national nor on a European level. 

692
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:33,000
Like in France: Strike to the bitter end! 

693
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:38,200
The decision of how to strike 

694
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,400
is up to the workers! 

695
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:43,600
When are we going to wake up? 

696
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:45,800
Marchionne is serious about it, he is not joking. 

697
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:50,000
He's doing a good job as a boss! 

698
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:52,200
When are we going to do our job well? 

699
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:57,000
We request all workers to organize at once: 

700
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:02,200
Independently, from below and without waiting for the union's bureaucracy! 

701
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:53,560
Giovanni, Antonio und Marco are still fighting for their reinstatement. 

702
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:57,560
Meanwhile, FIAT continues its nation-wide attack threatening to relocate production

703
01:00:57,760 --> 01:00:59,760
and dismissing about a million persons.

704
01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:03,560
Even Mirafiori is lost, the city of the historical worker's struggles of Turin.

705
01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:06,680
At the ballot vote 53% opt “yes” to avoid losing their work. 

706
01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:09,400
Government and opposition applaud, while unions remain silent.