Florence, seventy redundancies for Gilbarco – Chronicle
Florence, April 12, 2022 – A name that is well known to those who stop for petrol at the automatic: how many times have we seen the name Gilbarco on the payment columns for service stations, refueling stations, such as pumps petrol stations, control units and level probes for the tanks, as well as terminals for the payment counters also in self service. Today, according to what concerns the Fiom-Cgil of Firenze-Prato-Pistoia, are arriving in ten of redundancies nat the factory in via de ‘Cattani a Florencedove Gilbarco it employs 167 employees plus a few dozen temporary workers and consultants. Gilbarco Italia Srl, together with the parent company Gilbarco Veeder-Root, is part of the American multinational Vontier, a leader in the distribution and production of equipment and payment solutions for service stations.
“The company – explains the trade union note – has anticipated to the trade unions and the Rsu the will to carry out a major reorganization at an international level which in the Florentine territory behaves approximately 70 redundancies between direct and international workers. For Fiom Cgil Florence, Prato, Pistoia and the RSU it is an unacceptable decision that finds no justification. The company is by no means in crisis and this reorganization is once again solely responding to the desire to increase profit margins. After yesterday’s workers’ assembly it was proclaimed it state of agitation and an urgent meeting was requested from the crisis unit of the Tuscany region to illustrate the situation and also ask for an intervention by the institutions. Also Confindustria Florence, with which Gilbarco is historically associated, must play an active role to avoid that umpteenth employment repercussions are committed in the territory “.