Riccardo Colombani was confirmed driving First Cisl during the national trade union congress. Secretary General since 2019, began his trade union activity in 2004. Since 2014 he has been part of the national secretariat of First, where he followed important negotiations with Ubi, Unicredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, in addition to holding the role of head of the Research Office.
During the Congress, Sabrina Brezzo she was appointed deputy secretary general, while Vilma Brown e Domenico Iodice become part of the national secretariat. Confirmed also Claudio Pellegriti.
Colombani (First Cisl): “Protocol on employment proposed to banks”
At the centre of the trade union agenda remain "the maintenance of employment levels , pay issue", Colombani declared. He then underlined that, in the last 20 years, the Italian banking system has lost 75 thousand jobs, even if the exits have occurred on a voluntary basis. The next aggregation operations could generate "significant cost synergies". In this regard, he added: "We cannot accept that a further concentration of the system translates into a new contraction of the workforce. For this reason, we have proposed to the banks to subscribe to a Protocol on employment".
On the salary front, Colombani stated: “Furthermore, we are not satisfied with the great result achieved on the salary front in the last renewal of the national contract. wages must rise further and profit sharing is a fundamental tool to achieve the objective”.
