Staff at the airline, which employs 12,500, voted against a rescue plan approved by management and union leaders, according to the results of a ballot released by Uiltrasporti on Monday. Among other measures, the plan included salary reductions and hundreds of job cuts. An earlier version, which met strong resistance from unions, had called for over 2,000 job cuts.
Ahead of the vote, Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda said that in the event of a “no” vote, the government would likely act as a special administrator for the airlin…
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