“Where there is more precariousness there is less health security”

“The Covid-19 emergency has resumed its virulence in recent weeks, it has done so mainly where the value of” good work “is not recognized. The new outbreaks that have broken out in the Forlì area are mainly found in small companies of the upholstered furniture sector. These are subcontractors that usually work for a large brand, nationally and beyond, which bases its production exclusively on outsourced work. The containment of the final prices of these products should also make the consumer reflect regarding the type of work employed in the sector; in fact we have found, and for some time we have tried to report, a massive and systematic use of temporary employment contracts and internships; the workers employed in these companies are in most cases foreigners , African, many with very short-term residence permits This type of contract makes the worker more fragile They can be blackmailed jear because sometimes they don’t even allow him to request long-term residence permits ”: is the comment that comes from the CGIL, through Antonella Arfelli (provincial secretary Fillea Cgil) and Serena Savini (provincial secretary Nidil CGIL) about Wave of infections in the upholstered furniture sector.

There are currently around 70 positive aspects in various companies. Too many, according to the CGIL, to be considered a case: “Unfortunately, it is not surprising that the virus is spreading especially in these productive realities, and this shows that job insecurity can also translate into health and safety insecurity. The workers involved tend to live in marginal conditions, they are exposed to greater risks because they have fewer safeguards and fewer tools to practice social distancing. We believe that the correct application of security protocols can be decisive to contain the spread of the virus. too often from a sector where protocols and the provision of individual protection measures are not respected and where the union’s collective role is difficult to exercise. All this has limited the discussion on company protocols and our participation in the commissions provided for the application and verification of the rules of the sanitary regulation protocol as of March 14. Our task is to keep the discussion high and profitable in order to safeguard corporate and collective health and safety issues, avoiding the repetition of situations of total closure as well as an increase in deaths from the Coronavirus ”.