Overview
- Bluergo, an electrical components supplier in Castelfranco Veneto with about 60 employees, circulated the form around Christmas.
- The questionnaire asked workers to choose criteria for potential dismissals—including part-time status, no family dependents, younger age, or recent hire—and to write colleagues’ names and surnames.
- Company owner Bruno Scapin said the exercise was meant to gauge workplace sentiment and prevent redundancies in a stressed market.
- Only about ten forms were reportedly returned as most employees refused, and Fiom Cgil and other unions condemned the practice as an affront to worker dignity.
- Union representatives requested urgent talks, and a clarifying meeting between employees and the owners took place Thursday morning.