ROME, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Alitalia workers have
rejected a restructuring deal from the company’s management and unions to save the ailing carrier, the company said Tuesday.
Almost 90 percent of its 12,500 employees participated in a vote and
more than half those taking part opposed the deal.
The government had warned that there was no alternative to the plan,
which called for 1,700 job losses and an eight-percent salary cut. The company’s coffers are empty.
Italian press reports said Alitalia directors may as soon as Tuesday
— a public holiday in Italy — ask the state to call in special administrators to prepare a possible takeover or liquidation.