Barco di Saronno: over 50% of production goes to China

Context

TL;DR

• More than 50% shift to the Suzhou site
• 40% impact on the production floor
• 30% impact on white-collar area
• Strike, garrison and agitation to the bitter end

Key facts

• Company → Barco di Saronno
• Destination → Suzhou site, China
• Production to China → over 50%
• Production area impact → 40%
• Impact on the white collar area → 30%
• Failure to renew contracts → 25 workers
• Mobilization → strike with garrison and demonstration in the square
• State → endless agitation

Management's announcement

Today in Saronno the mobilization of Barco workers took shape with a demonstration and a demonstration in the square. The protest follows management's announcement that more than 50% of production will be relocated to the Suzhou, China site.

The announcement also includes a corporate reorganization. The source indicates two distinct impacts: 40% on the production area and 30% on the white collar area. The percentages therefore concern two different internal areas, mentioned separately in the communication: on the one hand the production area, on the other the clerical area.

The framework presented to workers combines a decision on the location of production and a change in company organization. The first concerns the transfer to Suzhou of more than half of the production; the second is described through the percentages referring to the two areas. These are the elements indicated by the Management and recalled in the news of the day in Saronno.

The response was organized in the same place where the demonstration took place. Unions, RSU and workers proclaimed a strike, accompanied by a demonstration and a demonstration in the square. Added to today's mobilization is the declaration of an all-out state of agitation, reported together with the other initiatives.

The passage described is clear: the announcement of the move of production to China is followed by a public protest by Barco workers. The reorganization is seen within the same story because it was announced together with the transfer to Suzhou. The production and clerical areas are both recalled, but with different impacts: 40% for the first and 30% for the second.

For Saronno, the visible data is the garrison with demonstration in the square; for Barco, the industrial data is the shift of over 50% of production to the Chinese site. The source places the management's decision and the immediate reaction of unions, RSU and workers on the same level, without separating the production transfer from the announced reorganization.

Operational details

The consequences indicated by the unions

The second element of the story concerns a consequence which, according to the unions, has already occurred. Fim Territorio Laghi, Fiom Varese, Uilm Varese and Rsu link the announcement to the non-renewal of contracts for 25 workers. The data is presented by the acronyms as a consequence already produced by the announced choice.

The reference to the 25 workers adds to the discussion on the percentages an outcome already indicated in the source. The reorganization and move announced by the Management are recalled by the unions together with that non-renewal. Their reading moves on two levels: on the one hand the industrial announcement, on the other the contractual impact which, according to their explanation, has already emerged.

«Workers are neither numbers nor percentages».

With this sentence the acronyms reiterate the center of their protest. The call to workers comes after the indication of 40% for the production area, 30% for the white-collar area and the shift of over 50% of production to Suzhou. The union reaction disputes that the matter is considered only through values ​​and quotas, bringing attention back to the people involved, as declared by the representatives themselves.

The same acronyms define the non-renewal as a further mockery. The term accompanies the passage in which the unions point out that the non-renewal has already affected 25 workers. The protest therefore does not arise only from the description of the reorganization: for the representations, the announcement is also linked to the contractual consequence already indicated.

The role of Fim Territorio Laghi, Fiom Varese, Uilm Varese and Rsu emerges in the explanation of the consequences and in taking a position on workers. The phrase on people, together with the reference to non-renewal, defines the tone of the reaction: the percentages communicated by the Management are accompanied by data on workers, that of the 25 contracts not renewed.

Key points

All-out mobilization

The sequel indicated by the source is the state of endless agitation. The mobilization is not described only through today's initiative in Saronno: unions, RSU and workers have declared a strike with a demonstration and demonstration in the square, adding to these initiatives the state of unrest. The formula is reported as part of the response that arrived immediately after the Management's announcement.

The strike constitutes the form of protest indicated for the day, while the demonstration and the demonstration make the presence of the workers in the square visible. The source presents the three actions in the same passage and attributes the decision to unions, RSU and workers. The sequel to the story therefore remains linked to the mobilization declared in Saronno and its continuation to the bitter end.

The news links the present of the protest to the choice not to stop the response with today's protest alone. The state of all-out agitation is in fact indicated together with the strike and the demonstration, as part of the reaction of the workers and their representatives. The square is the location of the initiative described today; endless agitation is the dimension that accompanies her beyond the day.

The text underlines that the answer came immediately. After the announcement, the declaration of the strike, the demonstration, the demonstration and the state of agitation constitute a single front of initiatives. The presence of unions, RSU and workers is indicated as a common element of the decisions taken.

The term indefinitely gives the key to the sequel: the mobilization is not described as having ended with today's demonstration. The matter remains open on the protest level, with the state of unrest declared alongside the strike and the demonstration. For Saronno, the documented sequel is therefore that of the mobilization already declared. The state of endless agitation remains the passage that the source indicates for the phase following the demonstration.

Source: varesenews.it