Solidarity rally for the preservation of the Gerlafingen steelworks
Published: Saturday, Nov 9th 2024, 13:30
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Around 1000 people demonstrated in front of the steelworks in Gerlafingen SO on Saturday for the preservation of the plant. They demanded that politicians take immediate measures to save Stahl Gerlafingen and that the company refrain from making redundancies.
The demonstrators also demanded that the production of recycled steel in Gerlafingen should be secured.
The solidarity rally was organized by the trade unions Unia, Syna, the Swiss Commercial Association and Employees Switzerland. Several speakers called for the steelworks to be preserved. Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin must act, said Pirmin Bischof, member of the Swiss Parliament, and Franziska Roth, member of the SP Council of States from the canton of Solothurn, in their statements.
"We are Gerlafingen steel," read the banners, while Pierre-Yves Maillard, President of the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions and member of the Vaud SP Council of States, said: "Without steel, you can no longer build." Switzerland needs a strong industry - and Switzerland needs the Gerlafingen steelworks." The steelworks is the largest recycling plant in Switzerland.
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