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United in anger and deapair the day a small town went on strike
Usually their worries are earthquake and the Sicilian Mafia's sinister activities here
But now Fiat the only significant employer is bowing out
A last-minute reprieve in the form of government intervention seems unlikely
It's struggling with its own economic problems inflation higher than the rest of Europe
And a budget deficit
Even the schools are on strike as teachers explain how parents are losing their livelihood
Without this job we cannot live we cannot earn money so we cannot eat
It will be a disaster for us
All the economy of this town of this part of Sicily will be er
Destroyed
Destoryed will be destroyed yes
At the town hall a show of solidarity from local bigwigs
"They're imbeciles in charge of Fiat" says the mayor of Termini
But the stark reality is that Fiat's vast plant five miles from the town
Has lost money for years
It was the banks who blew the whistle today
Now households here are whispering a word Sicilians loathe
Emigration
As the pasta doled out today Franco Dema knew his days at Fiat were over
He recalled his father had to emigrate for work
Then he told us"I don't want to cry in front of the kids"
Tonight angry workers who'd blockaded Fiat for three days this week finally snapped
They invaded their own factory which will close before the end of the year
This is a shaken community in the throes of a nervous breakdown
Brian Barron BBC News Sicily
