(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 8 - Pope Francis said Sunday he was
"close" to the workers in an industrial dispute at Beko Europe
which has announced nearly 2,000 redundancies at its three
Italian plants.
"I am close to the workers of Siena, Fabriano and Ascoli Piceno,
who defend in solidarity the right to work, which is a right to
dignity. May their jobs not be taken away, for economic or
financial reasons", Francis said at the Angelus after receiving
a delegation Saturday morning in the Vatican. (ANSA).