The CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) is calling a strike for December 12th to protest the budget law: "Wages must be raised; the budget doesn't do that." Meloni's irony on X
The recent meeting of the Democratic Party reformists in Milan not only broke the group monopoly of the party secretariat, but also "cleared" the CISL, which wants to distance itself from Landini's CGIL.
Instead of pressing the prime minister on wages, taxes, and anemic economic growth, the CGIL secretary slipped on a banana skin. What can one do to avoid talking about the issues that truly matter to people?
Two strikes for the Flotilla, which would have done better to listen to the reasonable advice of President Mattarella and Cardinal Zuppi, do not justify forgetting the valiant struggle of Ukraine against the aggression of Putin's Russia.
The Cgil’s reluctance to sign agreements is repeated for the health personnel contract. Despite the resounding defeat suffered in the referendum on the Jobs Act, Landini continues to preach social revolt but those who lose out are the…
Faced with the crushing defeat in the referendums, the left consoles itself with the number of voters but in politics it is not enough to participate: only winning matters but Schlein and Conte seem to forget about it
The general secretary of the Cgil, Maurizio Landini, comments on the outcome of the referendum: "It is not a victory, today we are not celebrating". But he reiterates that "the problems remain on the table" and confirms: "I have no intention of leaving office"
Taking credit for the referendum defeat does Landini credit, but in the face of such a debacle, a severe self-criticism would be needed, as Di Vittorio did in 1955 after the CGIL defeat at Fiat. Without excluding Landini's resignation, which however…
2025 referendum results: no quorum, turnout stops at 30,6%. A cold shower for Landini's Cgil but also for the opposition leaders. The vote analysis, citizenship: one voter in 3 chose No. The debate begins:…
The secretary of the Democratic Party thinks she can take advantage of the referendum on the Jobs Act to definitively oust the reformist wing of her party, but in this way the alternative to the Meloni Government is increasingly becoming a mirage and the only one celebrating is precisely the…
Despite their undoubted reformist content, the Jobs Act, the Fornero pension reform and the 2003 Biagi law have long been opposed by the political and trade union left and history will repeat itself in the next referendum.
Schlein has sided with the referendum repeal of the Jobs Act but there are three reasons that make us doubt that it is a wise choice and that it risks leading the Democratic Party to a defeat like the one 40 years ago on…
The referendums promoted by Landini will be held between April 15 and June 15, but without the impetus of the consultation on differentiated autonomy, it will be very difficult to reach the quorum and the Cgil risks repeating its defeat on the sliding scale…
The general secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, deals with everything but what should be the main concern of trade unionists: increasing the wages of Italian workers, which are among the lowest in Europe.…
How did the workers vote in the European elections? And the middle class? And the self-employed? Here is the vote map which contains more than one surprise
Faced with the increase in employment, which also grew in Italy by 84 thousand units in April, the secretary of the CGIL Landini always objects that Italian wages are the lowest: it's true but who is it for if not...
Landini claims that the Jobs Act has increased precariousness and fixed-term contracts but Pietro Ichino uses INPS and Istat data which say exactly the opposite of what the CGIL secretary says
It has never been seen that the secretary of the Democratic Party signed against a reform voted by a Government led by the Democratic Party and the controversial question from Renzi, author of the Jobs Act, to the reformists of the Democratic Party does not seem idle: "What are you left with...
The referendums launched by the CGIL have nothing to do with trade unions but are the antechamber of a political project that Landini hopes to crown with his leadership of the M5S-Pd axis on a maximalist and populist platform that is completely unlikely to…
Meloni and Schlein's Sunday rallies really couldn't have been emptier than this: not an idea of the future and no concrete proposal. Only controversy and specious attacks. Both bear the responsibility of enveloping the future of Italy...
The muscularity of the Northern League leader ended up relaunching a purely routine strike which ultimately became a defense of the union's rights
For transport, the strike on Friday is reduced to 4 hours, from 9am to 13pm, as a result of Salvini's injunction. The secretaries of CGIL and UIL confirmed this in the press conference. Here's who's going on strike on Friday
Too many strikes inflate and obscure the civil and political value of the strike and Friday transport strikes offend users, who are usually the less well-off citizens. Labor law expert and former left-wing parliamentarian Pietro Ichino is right...
The union fires and does so using the provisions of the Jobs Act which it would like to abolish: paradoxical. But the funny thing is that the Democratic Party risks following the same path
Meloni's populism also makes converts on the left: Conte, Landini, Fratoianni and part of the Democratic Party applaud the extra tax on banks and advocate its extension to insurance, military, pharmaceutical and energy industries, thus beating credibility...
Following the Pd and Cinque Stelle bill on the guaranteed minimum wage, the secretaries of the CGIL and UIL risk a sensational own goal that does not guarantee adequate wages, weakens union representation and above all reduces spaces…
The secretary general of the CGIL seems to ignore the improvements in the Italian economy and in employment and collects amnesia and approximation on wages and work - It would be enough to reflect on the recommendations of the Governor of the Bank of Italy Visco
Room packed at the Bank of Italy for Visco's latest considerations, former President Mario Draghi also present - Here are the comments from Padoan, Messina, Scannapieco, Patuelli, Marcegaglia, Landini and Sbarra
On the agenda there is not a general reduction in working hours as happened with the bankruptcy French 35 hours but the possibility of reorganizing working hours and merging them into 4 days of the week by extending the daily duration: Intesa Sanpaolo…
Instead of focusing on increasing wages, which has been at a standstill for too many years, the line proposed by Landini at the recent CGIL congress focuses on reducing the working week to 4 days for equal wages, but without adequate growth in productivity…
INTERVIEW WITH MARCO BENTIVOGLI, former general secretary of the metalworkers of the Fim-Cisl - Both the CGIL and the Democratic Party have a huge problem of representation and Landini's ability to change will be measured in the facts, but his references…
Landini's CGIL made the Spanish model a banner in the fight against precariousness but did not realize its limits - Solidarity with the French trade unions on strike against the pension reform is even paradoxical because it denies…
The Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will participate in the CGIL National Congress to be held from 15 to 18 March in Rimini: here's who will be there
Marco Bentivogli, spearhead of reformism and former leader of the metalworkers of the Cisl, is a candidate for the Senate with the Democratic Party which, however, also lines up Camusso and Furlan, madame of retro unionism
The achievements of the Draghi government in the fight against the pandemic and on an economic and social level are there for all to see: only an unsustainable myopia can induce CGIL and UIL to proclaim one of the most unfounded general strikes ever…
The general secretary of the CGIL has proposed to CISL and UIL to relaunch union unity, believing that the prejudicial anti-unitary policies have long since disappeared. But to arrive at unity it would be necessary to clarify its foundations, starting from contractual policies and those…
The proposal to involve workers in the company's results is one of the novelties of the Letta report at the time of assuming the secretariat of the Democratic Party but, if it is really taken to the end, it will only collide with the conservatism of…
Francesca Carnoso speaks, the lawyer member of the National Board of Fisac CGIL, who, at the tip of the Statute, contests the eligibility of the Secretary General of the category, Nino Baseotto, due to age limits - This will be discussed on January 27 in the Board - " OR…
Beyond her disastrous political and trade union balance sheet, the outgoing general secretary of the CGIL leaves the Confederation's accounts in deep red with a loss of 2,6 million euros which will weigh on her successor
Camusso enters the CGIL congressional debate with a straight leg and indicates the former secretary of Fiom, Maurizio Landini, as her successor, breaking confederal etiquette - But the reformist Colla does not withdraw and remains in the running for…
German-style union, no sympathy for populism, Innovation and Industry 4.0, a patrimonial fund to finance investments: this is the union platform outlined in the Corriere della Sera by Vincenzo Colla, the reformist candidate at the helm of the CGIL to which…
There are still five months to go before the CGIL congress but the maneuvers for the succession of Camusso to the general secretariat are in full swing - According to authoritative rumors Camusso is thinking of a preventive pronouncement in favor of Landini and…
Federmeccanica seems to be oriented towards unblocking the thorny trade union negotiation for the renewal of the national contract for metalworkers - The directorate of industrialists has reiterated its intention to link wage increases to company productivity but seems to have overcome the prejudicial…
On 9, 10 and 15 June the 8-hour general strike of metalworkers called by Fim, Fiom and Uilm will take place in support of the dispute for the renewal of the national contract for the category, with regional demonstrations throughout Italy.
