
Fiom-Cgil announces new claim platforms for the automotive sector between production crisis and technological transition
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The Italian automotive sector faces a crisis linked to the reduction of production volumes and the challenges of the technological transition.
The meeting between Stellantis and the metalworking unions is underway in Rome. The company delegation is led by the head of Human Resources and industrial relations, Giuseppe Manca. Present for the unions are the leaders of the Automotive sector of Fim Stefano Boschini, Fiom Samuele Lodi, Uilm Gianluca Ficco, the secretaries of Fismic, Uglm and Fiat Managers Associations. Among the main topics on the table are the return of the redundancy fund to Mirafiori and the future of the Cassino and Termoli plants.
Fiom-Cgil is preparing new claim platforms for the workers of Stellantis, Iveco, CNH and Ferrari, in light of the crisis in the Italian automotive sector, marked by the lack of production volumes and the uncertainties linked to the technological transition. Among the requests, an adjustment of wages to the cost of living and a one-off payment of 1,000 euros to recover the losses of the last two years. The union also aims to intervene on regulatory conditions and work organisation, asking for the current Ccsl contractual system to be overcome. This was announced by Samuele Lodi, national secretary of Fiom-Cgil, and Ciro D'Alessio, national automotive coordinator, who ask for a new bargaining model to face the challenges of the sector.
The platforms will be presented and discussed in assemblies in the factories, and will then be submitted to a vote of the workers.
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Presentation of the demands platforms in the factory assemblies.
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