The Congress of banks of the CISL puts on the table three strong proposals in view and beyond the meetings between the Government and the social partners for a possible Pact for the relaunch of the economy. Three proposals held together by the red thread of a greater participation of workers in the life of businesses and savers in the relaunch of the real economy.
First Cisl: worker participation in boards and new wage policies
Opening the work of the national congress of FIRST Cisl, the trade union that brings together bank and insurance workers, the general secretary Riccardo Colombani said that we need to change course in the management of finance and the economy by focusing on worker participation, as foreseen by our Constitution, and helping to build a new model oriented towards economic democracy. But how? “The goal is to influence the choices of companies, including with the entry of workers' representatives into elected bodies, and to implement wage policies in line with productivity trends, essential for a fair distribution of wealth”.
For Colombani, the participation of workers is "fundamental also for governing the digital transition" which, otherwise, risks "becoming an alibi for cutting costs and jobs": "Banks and insurance companies have a social function to pursue in the interest of all stakeholders, not just shareholders: dividends are not everything”
An investment fund in the real economy to enhance the savings of Italians
But, in addition to involving workers in the life of companies, participation must also extend to savers to revive the Italian economy. "The funds of the PNRR - argued the leader of the Fisrt Cisl - alone: we need a shock from private investments are not enough" capable of mobilizing the savings of families who are now sleeping in current accounts towards the real economy. "It is time to think - Colombani said, drawing up and updating ancient Carnitian suggestions - of an investment fund in the real economy fueled by the savings of Italians, managed with forms of public-private partnership, with the involvement of financial intermediaries" and ensuring , as an incentive, to savers the total guarantee of their investments with limits on amount and time".
Innovative proposals from the Cisl bankers which will cause discussion but which deserve to be evaluated without prejudice
