CONFINDUSTRIA: WE DO NOT SHARE, NEVER DOUBTED ARTICLE 8
Quiet disappointment and low tones. This is the path chosen by Confindustria in the face of the momentous decision by Fiat, which this morning announced its intention to abandon the industrial association starting from 2012. not sharing the reasons, even from a technical-juridical point of view".
In the letter sent to Emma Marcegaglia on Friday evening, the CEO of Lingotto Sergio Marchionne explains the decision to disengage from the other industrialists by arguing that "the signing of the inter-confederation agreement on 21 September has greatly reduced expectations on the effectiveness of article 8". There is therefore the risk of "distorting the structure envisaged by the new law and severely limiting management flexibility".
To these words, Confindustria replies that it has “never questioned the validity and applicability of article 8” and, on the contrary, that it has “always reaffirmed its consistency with the agreement of 28 June. According to the majority of labor law experts, in no way has the ratification of the interconfederal agreement which took place on 21 September weakened its effects or placed additional limits on the applicability of the law”.
CGIL AND UIL: FIAT IS FREE TO CHOOSE, IT DOESN'T CONCERN US
The choice of the first Italian industry naturally led to the creation of two opposing factions. And in a picture that increasingly tends to polarize, the calmness of the CISL and UIL is surprising, as they limit themselves to defending the inter-confederal agreement, without wanting to get into the internal quarrels of the industrialists.
“Fiat is free to stay or not to stay in an entrepreneurial association – commented Raffaele Bonanni, leader of the CISL -, however it cannot say that it is leaving because the agreement of 28 June has been weakened. This is not true at all." However, the trade unionist says he "appreciates the confirmation of the investment plan in Italy, it was what we wanted: the construction of new cars in Mirafiori and that of a new engine in Avellino".
Even according to Uil number one, Luigi Angeletti, Fiat's exit from Confindustria "is a question that pertains to the relationship between the car company and the entrepreneurial association and on which the unions cannot have a say". While "the decisions on Mirafiori and Pratola Serra concern and interest us a lot, a premise for guaranteeing employment and development".
FIOM: FIAT ONLY INTERESTS IN THE FREEDOM TO LICENSE
The position of Fiom is very different: “The American multinational based in Turin decides to leave the unitary system of rights and rules of our country – writes Giorgio Cremaschi, president of the central committee, in a note -. This clarifies the radically anti-democratic design of Fiat, which simply wants the freedom to fire and do what it wants. A freedom granted by article 8 of the government manoeuvre".
CIPOLLETTA: TODAY'S NEWS IS HISTORICAL, A TRAUMA FOR CONFINDUSTRIA
Strong tones are instead those chosen by Innocenzo Cipolletta, former general manager of the Association of Industrialists and former president of FS, who defines the secession of Fiat as "a trauma, a big blow, historic news". Also because the farewell of the Lingotto may have paved the way for other excellent defections: "Today it is Fiat, tomorrow other companies could leave". The latest revolution therefore means that "the association is not able to protect all companies, but also that Fiat is not able to dialogue with the industrial system".
PD, FASSINA: MARCHIONNE'S DECISION IS WORRYING
Finally, reactions from the political world arrive in more or less heated tones, but the perplexities about the Marchionne schism appear to be bipartisan. “The letter from the CEO of the Fiat-Chrysler group to the President of Confindustria is very worrying – writes Stefano Fassina, economic manager of the Pd, in a note -. Fiat's exit from Confindustria indicates the will to apply the more regressive potentials present in article 8 of the August 8th Decree: easy dismissals, pejorative derogations from the laws and the national contract, mutilation of the representation of male and female workers and of democracy in the factory ”. So "today's Fiat-Chrysler initiative confirms once again that Article 28 must be canceled in order to give full legislative support to the June XNUMX agreement".
PDL, GASPARRI: CONFINDUSTRIA WEAKENED, THIS FRACTURE TEACHES HUMILITY
Different reasons, but the same position also for Maurizio Gasparri. "However you want to interpret it, Fiat's decision to leave Confindustria significantly weakens the entrepreneurial organization - comments the president of the PDL senators -. I hope that Fiat and Confindustria can arrive at a clarification - continues Gasparri - because the weakness of fundamental subjects for social dialogue in the country is certainly not useful, especially at this moment. This fracture should lead everyone to a bath of humility and greater realism".
