La chiusura colpisce anche le basi Usa in Italia: voli a terra e stipendi a rischio per 4mila lavoratori

There are more than 4,000 Italian workers employed on American military bases in Italy who risk not seeing their salaries until the stalemate caused by the shutdown in the US, i.e. the blockage of the US federal budget, is broken.

Launching the alarm in these hours are the Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs trade unions, which on Friday, 7 November declared a state of agitation, once again calling for an intervention by the Italian government in the wake of those already put down by other European countries in the same situation.

The demand is to protect the rights of Italian employees and guarantee the payment of salaries. The uncertainty could last for months.

Italian employees are hired directly by the US Department of Defence

The issue is complex. Italy, explains Roberto Frizzo, national co-ordinator for Uiltucs for Italian workers on US bases, has five locations: Aviano, where the Airforce is stationed, Vicenza and Livorno, for the Army,Naples and Sigonella for the Navy.

In all, we are talking about 4100 Italian employees (over 1,500 workers between Vicenza, Aviano and Livorno), employed directly by the US Ministry of Defence under a bilateral agreement. The agreement dates back to 1951, with an ad hoc collective agreement.

Americans should get their military bases the F- out of our country…