Work, there is a union-business agreement. Fumarola: “Act of responsibility towards the country”
Agreement reached after almost 18 hours of negotiation between unions and employers' associations
Quick Look
- After almost 18 hours of negotiation, CGIL, CISL, UIL and 13 employers' associations signed the hypothesis of a framework agreement on representation, contractual structures, wages and collective bargaining.
- The agreement also includes health and safety, training and participation.
- The negotiations began at 12.30 in Viale dell'Astronomia and ended at 5.30 in the morning.
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Why It Matters
Negotiations began last July between the social partners to define a common framework on representation, contractual structures, wages and contents of collective bargaining.
After a long negotiation lasting almost 18 hours, the hypothesis of a framework agreement on representation, contractual structures, wages and the contents of collective bargaining was signed between CGIL, CISL, UIL and 13 employers' associations, from Confindustria to Confcommercio, from artisans to cooperatives. The chapters on health and safety, training and participation complete the agreement.
The discussion, which began in Viale dell'Astronomia around 12.30 and ended at 5.30 this morning, saw a long non-stop, between plenary and restricted sessions, with the aim of finding an agreement on the issues of work, representation, safety and contracts, and thus closing the negotiations started last July.
Present for the unions were the three general secretaries of CGIL, CISL and UIL, Maurizio Landini, Daniela Fumarola and Pierpaolo Bombardieri. For Confindustria, the vice president for labor and industrial relations Maurizio Marchesini and the leaders of 12 employers' associations: Agci, Casartigiani, Claai, Cna, Confapi, Confartigianato, Confcommercio, Confcooperative, Confesercenti, Confetra, Confservizi and Legacoop.
"It is a founding agreement, an act of responsibility towards the country. The first result is in the pay slips. The contracts are renewed upon expiry: the platforms arrive six months in advance, the response within a month, and the negotiation opens immediately. If prices rise more than expected, the difference is recovered with periodic checks and remains acquired. When the renewal is late, a mandatory protection linked to the recovery of inflation is triggered. It is not indexation, it is bargaining: postponing will no longer be beneficial to anyone". These are the words of the CISL general secretary Daniela Fumarola, at the end of the meeting.
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What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Collective agreements are renewed upon expiry with platforms presented six months in advance and responses within one month.
Very likely · Within months
In case of delay in renewal, mandatory protection linked to the recovery of inflation will be triggered.
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- When will the agreement be formally ratified by the respective assemblies?
- What will be the concrete application times on individual contracts?
- How will the periodic checks on the recovery of inflation work in detail?
