Today Fiat Chrysler Automobiles signed an agreement with trade unions FIM-CISL, UILM-UIL, FISMIC, UGLM, AQCFR and FIOM-CGIL which establishes a comprehensive series of measures at company sites in Italy to ensure maximum protection of the health of workers when it restarts production activities suspended due to the Covid-19 crisis. The same rigorous measures will be applied to all external personnel entering FCA sites. These measures will be jointly monitored by both company and unions.
Pietro Gorlier, COO for FCA’s EMEA Region said: “The health and safety of our workers is the number one priority for FCA. Beginning with the implementation of targeted safety measures at the very early stages of the pandemic, we have worked with medical experts and unions, whose collaboration I greatly appreciate, to reinforce those measures with the use of advanced prevention tools and a significant commitment to training for employees. Naturally, the effective functioning of our industrial activities is fundamental to our company – as demonstrated by our €5 billion, three-year investment plan for Italy – but we will always put the safety of our workers first.”
The guidelines established in today’s agreement are focused on rigorous implementation of government directives aimed at combating the spread of the Covid-19 virus and application of best practices implemented by the Group at its sites around the world. Their adequacy and effectiveness have also been validated by leading Italian virologists, including Professor Roberto Burioni of Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, who are specialized in the analysis of preventive measures to combat this global pandemic.
In particular, in addition to the cleaning and sanitizing activities carried out at all plants and offices at the outbreak of the pandemic – activities which will be repeated before the return to production — FCA will also put into place a range of follow-up actions, including equipping all work and rest areas, toilets and changing rooms with sanitizers and disinfectant materials for all needs (sanitizing gel, antibacterial soap, surface cleaning kits, etc.).
The agreement also provides for distribution of an information pack detailing the measures adopted in each area, which will be sent to all workers via WhatsApp and email prior to the restart of production. Those measures include maintaining a minimum distance between each person of one meter, instructions for washing hands with soap and water or sanitizing gel, instructions for refilling a cup or water bottle from distributors, measures to be adopted at
company restaurants, correct use of elevators and correct management of meetings.
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SOURCE: FCA
