On July 19, Eni signed, with the RSUs and the local structures of the Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions, an agreement for the restructuring of its Gela refinery, imposed by the structural crisis in the industry, in overcapacity, which is harder in Italy than in the rest of Europe. The Gela site notably accumulated losses, which now account for 1/3rd of the total losses of Eni’s refining system. That’s where the plan to review the site’s industrial model came from, aiming for the return of competitiveness and profitability. To do it, the company has planned an investment plan of nearly €700 million between 2013 and 2017. The agreement signed with the trade unions provides for the maintenance of 90 percent of current employees in the plan to turn this site into an “advanced, innovative technological pole,” and voluntary leaves or transfers to another structure of the group for the remaining 10 percent. (Ref. 130502)
The plan. The agreement determines the revival strategy for the refinery, in line with the agreement on “development and competitiveness for a new industrial relations system” of May 26, 2011 (see article No. 110373), where the signing parties had defined the strategy to face crises, save sites and lessen restructurings’ impact on employment.
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