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The struggle for the national contract has begun.

Contract metalworkers.

Fim, Fiom, Uilm: adherence to national strike for more than 80%

wet Strike, strike lucky. And 'This is the outcome of the first national day of struggle of the metalworkers' issued by FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL and UIL-Uilm for the renewal of the Contract. In fact, despite the bad weather, were very high and the membership to strike, from 4 to 8 hours in all companies sector, that the many initiatives outside the workplace. According to data received by the national center of trade unions within the category of 17.00 today, the strike has average more than 80% adherence.

In Turin, 10,000 workers have created a procession that started from square Arbarello direct way to sail under the Industrial Union headquarters. In Florence, 6,000 workers from various industrial areas of the province and the province of Prato took part in a procession that went through the streets of the city center, on Independence Square to Piazza Strozzi. High participation also to events that took place in Padua (5,000), Vicenza (2,000), Reggio Emilia (10,000), Bologna (4000) and Pistoia (1,000). In other situations, the Day of Action was marked by many decentralized initiatives such as the protest outside the local associations and major industrial establishments. This is what happened in Naples, with initiatives in front of many factories in different industrial areas, in Treviso, with three different concentration (Treviso and Conegliano Castelfranco), in Milan, where there were four different regional events. Events in city theaters in Livorno and Lanciano (Chieti). Events and principals in all capitals and the provinces where there are engineering firms.

Regarding adherence to the strike, there are numerous companies who have registered an almost total block of business. It 's the case in the province of Turin, in particular with the poles of Chivasso and Alto Canavese and companies like Magneti Marelli, Alenia and CNH; major factories in Brescia (Iveco, Beretta, Alpha Steel, Duferco Palazzoli, Redaelli) ; Dalmine of Bergamo, Milan and the Faema Candy Brugherio; Whirlpool Varese; of Valbruna in Vicenza, Fincantieri in Venice; Bonferraro and flames of Verona, the largest engineering companies in the province of Naples (Alenia and Avio, Ansaldo, Fincantieri), Alenia of Foggia and Bari Isotta Fraschini; Firema of Power, Otis in Reggio Calabria. Adhesions between 80% and 90% of the Lear Grugliasco, Bialetti and the Lagostina Verbania, the Lonati, Brescia; to Carraro of Padua, Electrolux and De Longhi in Treviso, Verona Riello and Ferroli, and Laverda in Salvagnini Vicenza; Valbruna and Sapa in Bolzano, Ilva di Genova, Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente and Riva Trigoso, Lamborghini, Bonfiglioli, Ducati and Magneti Marelli in Bologna, Ferrara Berco, Marcegaglia of Ravenna; Severstal Piombino, Lombardini in Rieti, CIET in Ascoli Piceno, Honeywell and Pierburg in Chieti, and ITCA Italtractor in Potenza, Italtel and Fincantieri in Palermo.

In companies of the Fiat group, there was adherence to the strike of 75% at Mirafiori, 90% at Iveco in Brescia, Pomigliano 82%, 60% of the FMA Avellino, more than 50% of the Sata Melfi, over 80% in Termini Imerese.

Ilva of Taranto, adherence to the strike was 65%.

Press Office Fim, Fiom, Uilm

Rome, October 30, 2007