At the start this morning in viale dell'Astronomia, in the headquarters of Confindustria, the three non-stop days which opens the final phase of the renewal of the metalworkers' contract. This was announced in a press release from the Fim Cisl, which lists the topics on the agenda of the sessions: union relations system, health and safety, individual right to training, right to study, supplementary pensions, holidays, leaves, parental leave, permits Law 104 , transfers, active employment policies.
“We said right away – he commented the secretary of the Fim Cisl Marco Bentivogli – that this was going to be the toughest contract in history and it was. The world of work and industry have profoundly changed, not only due to the economic-financial crisis, and new industrial relations and strong elements of innovation in bargaining are needed, both at a national level and above all at a territorial and company level”.
“In this direction – added Bentivogli – go the important tools that today find their definition in the texts and which they are the result of these months of discussion and work, from the strengthening of the culture of health and safety in the workplace - for example - which also passes from the greater role that is given to the RLS, to the subjective right to continuous training, which we strongly wanted to enhance the professional skills of the workers and make them more strong throughout their working life”.
More value, not only economic, to the supplementary pension (going from 1,6% to 2% of the contribution paid by the company), fundamental pillar for the pension treatments of the future, especially for young people. “At this point, however, we are at the point: once the time for tactics has expired, declarations and willingness to reach an agreement quickly are no longer enough. To make this three-day negotiation truly effective, we must quickly address the main points that remain open, in particular on salaries and the professional classification system".
