Stellantis has written an email
offering special conditions for employees to buy a Maserati car
in September, saying the deal was also open to friends and
relatives.
However, the move immediately caused controversy, with some
politicians saying it was an offence to furloughed employees of
the Italian-French-American auto group.
"Stellantis offering Maseratis at special prices to furloughed
workers not only an insult, it also shows that it is a company
in disarray and that Maserati is in a pitiful state," said
former industry minister Carlo Calenda, the leader of the
centrist, opposition Azione party.
"Enough is enough. (Premier Giorgia) Meloni must summon
(Chairman John) Elkann and (CEO Carlos) Tavares to the premier's
office".
Marco Grimaldi, an MP for the Green-Left Alliance (AVS), was
critical too.
"Have the management of Stellantis decided to take the path of
lowly provocations as a way of handling union relations?," he
said.
"We ask this on the basis of the email sent by the company to
all the workers employed on the Maserati line in Mirafiori, who
were laid off in the first quarter of the year and then put on a
solidarity contract with a 80% reduction in their working hours
until the end of the 2024.
"It is a joke that's in very poor taste.
"We ask (Business) Minister (Adolfo) Urso to report on this
because in defense of the dignity of the workers because we do
not accept this arrogance".
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