Uliano, 57 years old, takes the place of the outgoing general secretary Roberto Benaglia who leaves Fim having reached the retirement requirements
Automotive, household appliances and steel are the sectors most affected. Shortages and costs of raw materials and energy continue to weigh heavily
This was stated by the secretary general of the Fim Cisl, Roberto Benaglia on the second day of the 4-hour general strike by metalworkers in Southern Italy
According to the White&Blue Collar research by Fim-Cisl Lombardia, the working environment, work-life balance, training and welfare are also important on the needs of company employees. Everyone wants the short week
On 19 April 1973 Bruno Trentin, Pierre Carniti and Giorgio Benvenuto signed the National Collective Labor Agreement for metalworkers which 50 years ago introduced training for workers and a single classification
Employment in the sector holds despite the crisis. The scenario on skills and the Mezzogiorno remains critical. This is what emerges from the investigation by Fim-Cisl and the REF Research Centre. The comment of the secretary general Benaglia
Fim Cisl draws a picture that continues to have situations of suffering linked to expensive energy and the shortage of raw materials and components. The most involved sectors are automotive and household appliances
Today, September 7, a round table is convened at the Ministry of Economic Development to discuss the dispute also with the Finnish multinational
After the FIRSTonline scoop, the Fim Cisl urgently requests a ministerial table “that defines and clarifies if and how the transfer plan will take place. At the mercy of 5000 workers”
This is the alarm of the Fim Cisl Secretary General Roberto Benaglia: "The metalworking industry risks a serious slowdown and to stop a third of the companies"
The metalworkers' unions ask Invitalia and MiSE for a meeting to learn about the methods and objectives of the financing to Acciaierie d'Italia envisaged in the Aiuti bis decree
For the whole of 2022, a lower production of 200 thousand units is expected compared to 2021 - The Melfi and Sevel plants are suffering - Uliano: "Workers heavily affected"
In view of the June 22 meeting at the Mise, the union asks the government to intervene with clear indications to allow the plant to raise production
With 139 votes out of 140 voters, the general council of the Fim confirmed Roberto Benaglia general secretary of the Fim Cisl. The current national secretariat has also been confirmed
Salvatore Uliano, Fim-Cisl automotive manager, goes on the attack after the interview with CEO Tavares. Declining engine production, alarm on the transition to electric at Italian production sites. "Without incentives, we will have negative impact"
In four years, a third of the vehicles have volatilized - After the total shutdown it is the semiconductor crisis that hits the sector, recording -6,1% compared to 2020 and - 17,7% compared to 2019 - The volumes of…
The Fim kicks off the congress season. Roberto Benaglia (Fim General Secretary): “Opening of the congress season. In the face of changes taking place in the workplace "We participate for more fair work"
The union asks the government and the company to return to the negotiating table as foreseen at the summit at the end of July, when the negotiations on the plan had been postponed until after the new board of directors took office - Meanwhile, Minister Giorgetti opens…
A garrison at the Mise is expected from 11 - The Fim Cisl asks to reopen the ministerial table "urgently"
Together with Adapt and the Catholic University of Milan, the Cisl metalworkers union has launched a research on the conditions of workers in smart working. Secretary Benaglia: "We need to get out of emergency management and move on to negotiation"
According to a report by Fim Cisl In the first three months of 2021, FCA factories produced 208.242 vehicles, confirming a recovery in productivity after the slowdown due to the pandemic. Melfi in the lead
In a report on the disputes in the engineering sector, Fim Cisl sounds the alarm: 56 jobs at risk linked to the 47 national and 52 regional tables - Steel and aluminum are worrying, but the dangers in other sectors are also…
An agreement was found after more than a year of negotiations: the new contract starts from last January and will be valid until June 2024. Benaglia (Fim Cisl): "Very important agreement, reformed the professional classification that had been inactive since 1973".
After the Christmas break, the discussion for the renewal of the metalworkers' collective bargaining agreement resumes - Next meetings 12 and 13 January 2021
According to the secretary general of Fim-Cisl, Benaglia, "the new proposal from Federmeccanica and Assistal finally constitutes an initial response and a useful basis for building an effective negotiation" for the renewal of the metalworkers' contract
The general secretary of Fim-Cisl, Roberto Benaglia, goes on the attack: "Federmeccanica is stuck at 4 years ago, but the country needs to restart. The issue of wages is complex, it is not enough to adjust it to inflation" - Then the decision of all…
INTERVIEW with ROBERTO BENAGLIA, new secretary of the metalworkers' union - "It's time to tighten the collective agreement, let's not delude ourselves that the Recovery Fund is enough" - "Ilva crisis: in Puglia the electoral campaign is over, the Government no longer…
For the new Fim-Cisl secretary general, Roberto Benaglia "the resumption of negotiations is a good sign but it must lead to concrete openings by Federmeccanica"
The new secretary elected in place of Bentivogli - Bargaining yes but innovative - "We will continue to be a union placed on the frontier of changes"
Twist at the top of the union: surprisingly the secretary general of the metalworkers of the CISL, Marco Bentivogli, the most brilliant of the Italian trade unionists, has resigned - Bentivogli excludes reasons for regret or conspiracy but the bureaucracy of the CISL collected…
Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri defines the plan presented last week by Arcelor Mittal - Bentivogli (FIm-Cisl) as "inadequate": "Company tears up agreements and presents bogus plans. Government is the guarantor of industrial commitments"
After the Coronavirus and the new forms of work organization, remotely or in the company, corporate welfare is also destined to change. But how? Marco Benitivogli, the leader of the Fim-Cisl, explains it in the preface to a new ebook
On 8 May from 10 to 12.30 a webinar organized by Fim Cisl will explore the times associated with the legal perspective of the contracting of agile work and the role of the union - Bentivogli: true smart working must be contractualized"
The Fim-Cisl secretary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the union by recalling its history, without keeping silent about the darkest moments and emphasizing the present and future challenges that all workers are called to face
The workers' representatives ask that the Government further extend the list of activities to be closed - Confindustria takes an opposing position: "We lose 100 billion a month" - Banking, textile and chemical companies are also in turmoil
Marco Bentivogli, leader of the Cisl metalworkers: "The increase in jobs in Leonardo is a positive sign for the entire Italian industry and in particular in aerospace and defense"
Following the disagreements within the M5S, the Government has decided to remove the protections for the current leaders of the former Ilva of Taranto from the companies decree. Bentivogli (Fim Cisl): "schizophrenic attitude of the Government which gives Arcelor an alibi for…
The sale of the plant and the related layoffs are postponed from 12 to 31 October - The unions: "It's not a guarantee, the factory must continue to produce" - A new summit is coming with the Government and the company
8-hour strike and demonstration in Rome to protest against the sale of the Neapolitan Whirlpool plant - Conte meets the unions on Wednesday - Bentivogli: "The company has shown little seriousness".
The Fim-Cisl commemorates today in a conference in Rome the great trade unionist Pierre Carniti, who recently passed away - During the conference, the latest, unpublished book by the historic secretary of the Cisl will be presented
The money will be used for the production of the Alfa Tonale SUV and the Hybrid Panda. The announcement comes from the general secretary of the Fim Cisl, Marco Bentivogli: "An important signal. Now we continue with the investments in the other plants.
According to the Fim Cisl secretary, this is "a further tile to be added to the 1.400 workers in the Cig since 2 July, to which another thousand could be added precisely because of the seizure of Afo2"
Marco Bentivogli, the leader of the Fim Cisl, highlights three major risks for the future of the Taranto plant: the unlimited use of the Cig for 1.400 workers, the uncertainty about the penal shield and the decision of the Public Prosecutor's Office to shut down the blast furnace 2
The 15th National Organizational Assembly of the Cisl metalworkers' union has opened in Rome - In his opening speech, Bentivogli attacked Fiom, however leaving the window of dialogue open for a unified platform: "It will be difficult, but yes…
Marco Bentivogli's report at the center of the proceedings: it begins at 10 on Thursday in the Spazio Eventi in via Tirso 14 - Over 400 delegates from all over Italy are expected.
The title for this year is "Smart Union to Drive Change" - The participation of over 400 delegates from all over Italy is expected.
The strike will last 8 hours - Three demonstrations are planned in Milan, Naples and Florence - Bentivogli, Fim Cisl: "Actions necessary to give a wake-up call to the Government"
The leader of Fim Cisl comments on the failed merger between the two automotive groups: "The French are nationalists, but the disinterest of Di Maio and Conte has unbalanced the negotiation. But it's not over. There will be consolidations in the car industry".
Bentivogli:: "Carniti has taught us not to fear the future" - The metalworkers' executive today begins to discuss the new national contract and the organizational conference but above all it will remember the great trade unionist who died a year ago
The fourth edition of the National Sustainable Work Day promoted by the Fim-Cisl was held on Monday 29 April at the Feralpi in Lonato del Garda
The new book by Marco Bentivogli, leader of the Fim-Cisl, "Controrder Compagni, Manual of resistance to technophobia for the recovery of work in Italy" published by Rizzoli, of which we publish a summary of the introduction, is coming out these days.
The leader of the Cisl metalworkers lashed out at the guru of the Five Stars on the future of work and the effects of technologies: here are the slides he presented at the Corriere della Sera conference - Casaleggio thinks that in 2054…
The leading company in the infrastructure market with 3.692 employees throughout Italy, has launched the collective dismissal procedure for 20% of the workforce - Bentivogli (Fim Cisl): "And the Government is talking about an economic boom...".
The group confirms its investments: production should start from June 2020 and, over time, should allow for an exhaustion of the use of shock absorbers - Fim Cisl: "We await the same communications for the launch of the Jeep Compass for Melfi, the C-suv Alfa …
According to Ferdinando Uliano, national secretary of Fim-Cisl, there are positive signs especially on smart-working, solidarity holidays, and the right to study, while the agreement is still far off as regards illness and relationships in the company.
"Fim 4.0 Smart Union a Better Future" is the theme of a two-day conference of CISL metalworkers that opens today in Milan - Bentivogli: "We are facing the second leap forward of humanity and technologies…
According to the national secretary of Fim-Cisl, Uliano, "positive responses on working hours, smart working, solidarity holidays and supplementary pensions" have come from the automotive group - "On other aspects there are distances to overcome" - FCA recalls 1,6 million of…
During the meeting, the platform presented on 5 November in Rome voted by 98% of the RSAs of the FCA Cnhi and Ferrari Group was illustrated - The leader of Fim Cisl, Marco Bentivogli: "Do quickly and well to consolidate a…
FCA announced a 200 million investment for the new electric and hybrid car - Fim Cisl satisfied: "Important signal", commented secretary Bentivogli.
According to a research conducted by Fim-Cisl on employees and executives of metalworking companies, the rules of work change too slowly and do not adequately value professionalism: this is why Marco Bentiovogli relaunches the idea of hybrid contracts
Social safety nets for thousands of male and female workers will expire on Monday 24 September
A very crowded meeting in Milan between the general secretary of the metalworkers of the Cisl and the very popular former president of Uruguay - Bentivogli: "We need teachers and points of reference and Mujica is because he is a non-ideological leader and…
The general secretary of the CISL metalworkers, Marco Bentivogli, and the technologist Chiriatti, have launched a public manifesto in Il Sole 24 Ore in defense of the blockchain which can avoid concentrations of power and become a paradigm for an industrial model…
In August, the Belgian company's factory in Figline Valdarno is closed for holidays, but the workers are spending their holidays guarding the gates until the end of the month, to keep attention focused on a still very delicate situation -…
Nothing happened in the summit on Ilva with the social partners convened by Minister Di Maio - The comment by the leader of the metalworkers of the Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, was very harsh: "Di Maio plays hide and seek and does not give certainties but so the negotiation…
INTERVIEW with MARCO BENTIVOGLI, general secretary of Fim-Cisl - "20 jobs and 1% of GDP are at stake in the Ilva dispute" but so far the Government has seemed to underestimate the importance of the stake - In the meeting promoted for…
The leader of the metalworkers of the CISL asks the Government "not to let any more time pass and make a decision", because "further delays continue to be paid for by workers and citizens and distance the possibilities of recovery and environmentalisation"
The trade unionist against the company's decision to close the Figline and Incisa Valdarno (Florence) plant to move production to Romania: "Unworthy company behaviour, withdraw your layoffs. The Government should use the dispute to measure the tools that prevent…
"That of Figline is a very important production site, dozens of workers and their families cannot be treated in this cowardly and irresponsible way", said the trade unionist, after the Belgian group's decision to close a plant where…
The report signed with Jindal Steel "is the first step in an industrial relaunch process for the steel production in Piombino", but now "the Government, the Tuscany Region, the Minister of Labor and Economic Development must provide timely answers…
INTERVIEW WITH MARCO BENTIVOGLI, Secretary General of Fim-Cisl - "We will measure the new government on concrete issues but the program contract is worrying: there is nothing on work and industry" - "The FCA plan has positive aspects but critical issues…
In a historic stronghold of the CGIL metalworkers, Fim Cisl becomes the first organization with 301 votes ahead of Uilm which stops at 274 and Fiom which becomes the third organization with 270 votes
Prato is this year the symbolic city to celebrate May Day - Quality of work and environmental protection for sustainable development - We want to put man at the center of the digital renaissance and we fight for a world where we…
Prologue of May Day today at the Cascina Triulza in Milan organized by the metalworkers of the Cisl and NeXt to support - with an active citizenship initiative - companies that respect workers and the environment with collective promotion and responsible consumption -…
The Fim Cisl, the Cisl metalworkers' union, continues to gather consensus in the renewals of the RSU and closes this week with the overwhelming reconfirmation of the first union at Sevel in Val Di Sangro.
FCA production in the 1st quarter of 2018 down - Production of Sevel, Suv Stelvio, jeep Renegade and 500x is growing. - For the objective of full employment, an important investment plan for the Italian plants is essential.
The secretary of the FIM Cisl metalworkers, with Gianni Alioti (the union's international office), published a manifesto-appeal in favor of the condemned ex-president. "A story dotted with abuses of power, a campaign orchestrated by oligarchs, military and reactionary political forces to prevent it…
After the last meeting at Mise, the trade unionist argues that the time has come for a synthesis: "Six months have passed since the start of the negotiations and the time has come to understand if there are the conditions to reach an agreement by…
Training, welfare, safety culture and salary increases: these are the main contents of the agreement which will concern 3 thousand workers at the Sesto San Giovanni, Bologna, Savigliano, Lecco, Florence, Rome and Bari sites.
The agreement provides that the worker will have to carry out his work at the headquarters for 20% of the contractual working time - Bentivogli: "Innovative and important agreement".
Elected with 94% of the votes of the general council held in Rome today.
"We need government intervention", said the general secretary of the Fim Cisl speaking on the fate of the household appliance company which is now called JP Industries.
For the general secretary of the Fim-Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, the Memorandum of Understanding developed by the Government is positive, while further raises by the Governor of Puglia, Emiliano, are unsustainable and have only electoral purposes that risk endangering the…
By 15 February there will be the sale of the Alcoa plant in Portovesme to the Swiss Sider Alloys. - The secretary general of the Fim Cisl: "It is the victory of those who have not stopped fighting for work".
The unions Fim, Uilm, FisMic, Uglm, Aqcfr have defined the agreement on the 2018 welfare plan with the FCA and Cnh Industrial groups - Workers will have the possibility to choose to receive welfare goods and services in the form of…
The Minister of Development freezes the negotiations pending the decision of the Tar and denounces the "systematic and irresponsible work of obstructionism of the local Apulian institutions" - For the secretary general of the Fim-Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, "the choice of the Governor of…
The summit scheduled for today on the Environmental Plan for the Ilva Group has just concluded at the Ministry of Economic Development - Vice President Jehl illustrated the data on health and safety of the Group at a…
In a joint note, the two unions invite Fiom "to meditate carefully on the consequences of this action and on the concrete participation of Genoese workers in this serious initiative".
The secretary general of the Fim Cisl was in attendance on the workers of Honeywell, the American company which has been on strike for over 40 days at the Atessa site in Val di Sangro in the Abruzzo region of Italy which produces turbochargers.
According to the Fim Cisl secretary, "time is up and starting tomorrow we need to change course and focus immediately on more credible industrial subjects. Time passes and Piombino awaits answers that can no longer be postponed".
"Sending everything back to the Tar risks further distancing the environmentalization process, too announced and little practiced". Thus Marco Bentivogli, general secretary of Fim Cisl, the metalworkers' union of the Cisl, commenting on the appeal to the Tar in the procedure for…
According to the workers' representatives, "it is necessary to re-establish the initial conditions of the confrontation without pre-established and binding conditions"
"The Government favors an urgent but real negotiation by also clarifying the role of the extraordinary Commissioners (his expression) who shared with AM InvestCO Italy the contents of the communication of art. 47 which we reiterate, once again, are unacceptable ...
According to the leader of the Fim-Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, the reopening of the negotiations on Ilva is good news but on condition that there are no electoral manipulations: "It will be a very tough negotiation"
The minister said that Arcerlor Mittal has not kept the commitments made in terms of salaries and seniority increases, therefore "the opening of the table is inadmissible" - Bentivogli (Fim Cisl): "The company wants a confrontation" - Re David (Fiom):…
In the quarter of 2017, production in the Italian FCA plants grew by 3,9% compared to 2016 but at this point - claims the leader of the metalworkers of the CISL - it is essential to restart the confrontation between the company and the unions: "The…
From 2018, the Parties to the agreement will plan and carry out "corporate volunteering" experiences, which will involve Lamborghini employees in projects managed by the NGO Emergency Onlus.
For the general secretary of the CISL metalworkers, the government's teamwork on Industry 4.0 is "positive", but more needs to be done on training and "those who are against the reductions on training and technology want the capital…
A school camp for young people of the Fim-Cisl on work and legality in the lands confiscated from the mafia is underway in Casal di Principe, in the province of Caserta - The young people are engaged not only in civic training activities but…
According to the general secretary of Fim-Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, selling a large part of Fiat Chrysler to keep Alfa Romeo and Maserati "would be madness from an industrial point of view" which "not only doesn't stand still but which would have heavy repercussions on many Italian plants":…