EU fund to benefit almost 6,000 textile workers
19/09/2008
The EC will now make a proposal to the European Parliament and Council to mobilise the budgetary resources. The applications, totalling €35.2 million ($50.1 million), involve large numbers of workers that have been made redundant from enterprises in Sardinia, Piedmont, Lombardy and Tuscany.
"These applications go to show that the Fund benefits workers from small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as those from large companies," says European employment commissioner, Vladimír Špidla.
"Globalised trade and production bring growth and employment for most of us, but some can also be negatively affected. These workers fall into the second category, and I'm pleased that we have been able to recommend the Italian applications to the Parliament and to the Council."
The application from Sardinia covers 1,044 redundancies from five textile firms; the Piedmont application covers 1,537 redundancies across 202 companies; the Lombardy application concerns 1,816 redundancies from 190 companies; and the Tuscany application covers 1,558 redundancies from 461 companies.
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