Bluff

Alitalia's workers strike

Everybody has heard about the bankruptcy of Alitalia. When Air France made proposal to buy it, early 2008, it did foresee 2,000 lay-offs.

But the pilots trade unions, traditionally aligned with the right parties, refused the agreement. Berlusconi announced that there were plenty of Italian entrepreneurs ready to chip in to save the national carrier. They were to make an offer shortly. And his allies, especially the Northern League, demonstrated to maintain the operations at Milan’s airport and to keep an Italian carrier. So Air France withdrew.

Five months later and four months after becoming Prime Minister, no trace of Italian investors. And the plan prepared by a bank to rescue what could announces 5,000 lay-offs.

A great success by a great entrepreneur who will try to convince the stupid Italians that he rescued Alitalia and Italian jobs. A bluff, as usual but he controls the media…so ?

photo: www.daylife.com