(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 22 - An estimated 118,000 workers have
been involved in industrial crises in 2024, according to a
dossier drafted by Italy's biggest labour union CGIL, a preview
of which has been seen by ANSA.
In 2024, "negotiations at the crisis unit of the Business and
Made in Italy Ministry (MIMIT) increased significantly" with a
total of 105,974 workers involved in major industrial crises
compared to the 58,026 reported in January this year.
In addition, 12,336 employees of small and medium-sized
companies were laid off after fruitless negotiations between
labour unions and the businesses' management, the union said.
The sectors affected ranged from fashion to energy and the
chemical industry in a "discomforting scenario that risks to
worsen", CGIL said in its updated dossier on 2024, ANSA can
reveal.
Overall, "118,310 have already lost their jobs or are struggling
to survive in negotiations", said CGIL. (ANSA).