Fiery statements, but evidence of dialogue in the background. Only five days left until midnight on March 31st and if bankers e banking unions should not reach an all-round agreement on the renewal of the contract here is that punctual, from April XNUMXst, will arrive there disapplication. What could be the first immediate effect of the eventual non-application of the banking contract? Certainly there will be new unrest given that all the trade unions have already proclaimed two days of strike, with dates yet to be defined, and a major national demonstration in defense of the national collective labor agreement. The other effect will be the initiation of many legal disputes. Two scenarios that will certainly not bring anything positive to both sides.
Precisely for this reason, behind the fiery declarations of the last few hours, the two parties will try to find an agreement until the last minute. It is no coincidence that there has been no news of the cancellation of the meetings scheduled for 30 and 31 January, which, therefore, seem to still remain on the calendar.
The situation is still very tangled. The points on which an agreement must absolutely be found are those relating to employment and labor costs. The rebound of accusations between Abi and the unions is almost daily. The trade union organizations accuse the credit association of wanting to make employees pay only for the profitability difficulties of the banks in recent years, while on the other hand the Abi explains, however, that the new bank contract it will have to be based on elements of sustainability given the innovations that have revolutionized the banking system in recent years.
IERI (Yesterday) Lando Maria Sileoni, secretary of the main banking union (Fabi), underlined how the tax cuts provided for by the new stability pact will bring significant benefits to the banks' coffers. "In the stability pact, the Government has guaranteed the total deduction of the taxable IRAP on labor costs to all Italian companies", revealed the Secretary General of Fabi who added "for our banks, therefore, the savings on labor costs it will be enormous, quantifiable in hundreds of millions of euros”. But the secretary Fabi didn't limit himself to pointing out this detail but also asked for thegovernment intervention to avoid the bogeyman of the non-application of the contract of the banking.
And precisely on this point yesterday the Minister of Labor Giuliano Poletti he hoped that the two parties could find an agreement without resorting to government intervention but specifying at the same time that "if one day the parties decide jointly and with conviction that it is necessary to speak with the minister, I'm there, I'm always available". As if to say: 'I'm available but if you can save me this trouble, do me a favor'.
