Protest goes to the Agnelli family, which currently owns 30% of Fiat Chrysler and 64% of Juventus.
Not all Italians were happy with Juventus' signing of Cristiano Ronaldo. According to Reuters, one of the Fiat Chrysler (FCA) workers' unions called a strike at the Melfi factory to protest against the Portuguese star's move to the Turin club.
This is because the Agnelli family, one of the founders of Fiat and which currently owns 30% of Fiat Chrysler, also owns 64% of Juventus.
Although Juventus and FCA are completely separate companies, workers believe that the €100 million (around R$447 million) that the team will pay to Real Madrid would have other, more beneficial uses for society as a whole.
“Owners should invest in new cars that guarantee the future of thousands of people, instead of making just one rich,” the USB union said in a statement.
FCA has laid off thousands of workers in recent years due to a lack of new models destined for Italian factories.
The manufacturer had promised the return of all furloughed employees by 2018, but the plan was delayed and postponed until 2022.
“It is unacceptable that, while the owners ask FCA workers to make huge financial sacrifices, they themselves spend millions of euros to buy a player,” the union said.
The USB is an independent union, which is not part of the large workers' confederation, and represents only a portion of the employees at the Melfi factory.
Even so, the strike is promised for the end of Sunday and should continue until the beginning of Tuesday.
FCA shares fell 4,5% from last Monday's close (before the announcement) to the final value recorded yesterday.
Originally published in G1
