Steering Committee statement on AST Terni and Police Violence

30 October 2014 The struggle continues against the drastic cost-cutting plan of the ThyssenKrupp management following their reacquisition of AST Terni. When a demonstration moved from the German Embassy to the Italian Ministry of Industry, the demonstrators were violently attacked on two occasions by the Italian police. These attacks were of an extremely aggressive and unprovoked nature. IndustriAll Europe strongly condemns these unprovoked attacks and the extreme violence used by the Italian police and condoned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On 29 October, a demonstration by workers from the company AST Terni took place in front of the German Embassy in Rome.

The struggle continues against the drastic cost-cutting plan of the ThyssenKrupp management following their reacquisition of AST Terni. IndustriAll Europe has already denounced this situation, which is also the consequence of the EU anti-trust authorities' intervention and of the complete failure of the proposed industrial plan, which affects both the employment as well as the industrial tools.

In this sense, the demonstration in Rome forms part of the ongoing efforts to secure the future of AST Terni.

When the demonstration moved from the German Embassy to the Italian Ministry of Industry, the demonstrators were violently attacked on two occasions by the Italian police. These attacks were of an extremely aggressive and unprovoked nature. As a result, several trade union officers had to be treated in intensive care for severe head wounds. At the time of writing, 3 of them remain under medical surveillance.

IndustriAll Europe strongly condemns these unprovoked attacks and the extreme violence used by the Italian police and condoned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. IndustriAll Europe pledges to continue its support to the workers of AST Terni in their ongoing struggle to safeguard its future.