“At this rate, they will put the historical Mirafiori factory up for sale on Immobiliare.it within six years after Maserati.” Giacomo Zulianello, a historic Maserati worker, says this with both irony and great pain: “Mine is not a nostalgia for the walls, but a nostalgia for the climate there.” The news that caused quite a stir was the publication on the online sales platform of the historic Maserati factory in Grugliasco, just outside Turin.
“I entered that factory at the age of 27, others entered at the age of 18, there are people who got married there, there are people who started families,” says Zulianello. “It is surprising that they put it up for sale in an Italian real estate listing. Automotive history. In this case, style, form is also content.” A clause that, for some, means divesting Stellantis’ production commitments in Turin and Italy.
“There is no assessment of what this establishment is and what it represents. In fact, precisely because it is placed on an advertising portal like any other loft in the centre,” says Giovanni Mannori, president of Fiom in Mirafiori, “this gave us the idea of divestment “It also reflects the image of what the car is for the Agnelli family, Torino and FIAT.”
A rupture that also affects relevant sectors. An example of this is Lear, a company located in a straight line 550 meters from the Maserati factory in Grugliasco. Workers there have been under constant surveillance for days because layoff funds will run out at the end of the year as there are no more orders in the automotive industry in Turin. There is a risk of dismissal of 300 people.
“The departure of Stellantis in Turin has strong repercussions on the relevant industries, and we see this today in Lear”, explains Giovanni Mannori, “Turin sees this decline dramatically, with the population decreasing. The city is becoming increasingly older and less productive.” “This is due to the deindustrialization process that Stellantis (formerly Fiat) has been implementing for two decades.”
Stopping at Mirafiori to observe the shift change, the aging of the workers Fiom mentions is plastic. In most cases, those who enter have white hair, a tired gait, and the weight of age on their backs. They say that within five or six years, 60 percent of the employees will retire and Mirafiori will close itself: “If what is happening continues, then activities will be gradually closed down, workers will be gradually laid off, even between regions one of the largest factory in Europe will be closed.” “Part of it will be installed in Immobiliare.it. Maybe to make a big studio flat.”
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