Life in the Living Museum
Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne is arguing with the iconic Italian car manufacturers unions at the moment. Marchionne wants Fiat Italy to become more efficient and more productive. The unions think Fiat wants to deprive them of workers rights.If Marchionne does not get his way, he's hinting that … [Read more...]
Well, he has billions, virtually runs every aspect of Italy, and claimed that he wanted to save Alitalia for Italy, even if, after all the tooing-and-froing, one of Alitalia's original suitors, namely Air France, mysteriously appears to have fallen back into favour.Yes, that archetypal Italian, … [Read more...]
A bit like some recalcitrant zombie, Alitalia just will not lie down and die. The stuttering saga of Italy's national airline wobbles on, and does not appear to be coming to an end.The undead Airline which dear old Berlusconi promised to save from becoming, horror of horrors, foreign,is still … [Read more...]
Things are not looking at all good on the Alitalia Italian national airline front.Intransigent Italian unions have refused to back down in negotiations aimed at saving Italy's beleaguered national carrier. The net result is that everyone who works for the company will probably lose their jobs. … [Read more...]
After having fallen through back in July last year, talks concerning saving Italy's ailing national airline have been resurrected.Belusconi's predecessor, Romano Prodi had had a go at pulling Alitalia out of the mire. And failed. Berlusco, who made the salvation of Italy's national airline one … [Read more...]
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