Sixteen hours of mobilization, eight of which for assemblies and others eight for the general strike, complete with local events. This is the reaction of the CGIL to the choices made by the Monti government, which last night he closed the negotiations with the social partners on the changes to be made to article 18 of the Workers' Statute as part of the labor reform. That of the Corso d'Italia union was the only opposing voice at the negotiating table.
The form of mobilization was proposed by the confederal secretariat to the CGIL steering committee. The date of the general strike will be fixed according to the calendar of parliamentary work on the reform. The distribution of the other eight hours will be defined at the local level to hold assemblies in the workplace.
"It won't be the blaze that burns out in a day that the government has taken into account. We have a duty to bring home results before a two-year period of mass expulsions in companies begins”, said the confederal secretary Fulvio Fammoni, introducing the meeting of the steering committee.
La new wording of Article 18 provides for reinstatement in the workplace only for discriminatory dismissals. For dismissals dictated by economic reasons, only compensation will arrive, while for disciplinary ones, the judge will decide whether the worker has the right to reinstatement or simple compensation.
"Having built a rule that does not provide for reinstatement on subjective dismissals in the event of nullity of the dismissal - the leader of the CGIL commented yesterday, Susanna Camusso – the deterrent effect of Article 18 is lost. I think it is clear that it is a totally unbalanced proposal and far from all the suggestions that have been made”.
Even harder today the leader of Fiom, Maurizio Landini: "A madness that cancels article 18, we are ready for anything". Also because the reform "does not reduce precariousness, does not extend shock absorbers, but makes redundancies easier".
