Metalworkers: Ferdinando Uliano elected general secretary of Fim Cisl
Uliano, 57 years old, takes the place of the outgoing general secretary Roberto Benaglia who leaves Fim having reached the retirement requirements
Unicredit, union agreement on the 2023 productivity bonus: 2.200 euros for workers
The agreement was reached between First Cisl and the other credit unions with the Unicredit group. The bonus is divided into three payments, with a complex structure to intercept the needs of workers as much as possible
EssilorLuxottica: short four-day week for 15.000 employees
The number of companies that have broken down what is still a taboo in Italy is growing. The benefits are for companies and workers, as well as for the environment. Here are all the groups that have already decided
Rome dedicates a street to Bruno Trentin, the great trade unionist of the twentieth century. The ceremony with the mayor Gualtieri
Rome honors Bruno Trentin by dedicating a street inaugurated by the mayor Gualtieri to him. A cultured and innovative trade unionist, Trentin led the Fiom in the hot autumn and founded the FLM with Carniti and Benvenuto before becoming General Secretary of the CGIL in 1988…
May 2023st XNUMX, it's time for a turning point: the world is changing, the union must also change
For the former Secretary General of Uil, the union can still be a great factor of change but, as Bruno Trentin recalled in one of his latest essays, it must know how to change in order to govern changes in the world of work
Gucci: contract renewed for 3.000 employees. After Easter, the national negotiations in the leather goods sector
The contract, an indication of the good state of health of the Made in Italy sector, could also be the basis for stipulating the national contract for the leather goods sector, say the unions. The national negotiations will open on April 13th
CGIL congress, too many illusions on the road to Madrid and Paris and how many blunders on the fight against job insecurity and pensions
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…
HAPPENED TODAY – In 2007, farewell to Trentin, a refined trade unionist
14 years after his death, the lack of a trade unionist of Bruno Trentin's caliber is felt more every day - His reflections are more relevant than ever
Farewell to Bruno Ugolini, the journalist who covered the union
For years he was the cantor of the leader of the Fiom and then of the CGIL, Bruno Trentin, and on the Unit he wrote the deeds of the union's most glorious season
Goodbye to Epifani, kind trade unionist and first socialist to lead the CGIL
Guglielmo Epifani, the first socialist to lead the CGIL, passed away at the age of 71 - Always smiling, he was a great mediator - In recent years he had left the Democratic Party to join Leu
HAPPENED TODAY – Lama, the trade unionist we miss: 25 years ago the farewell
Twenty-five years ago Luciano Lama died, the unforgettable general secretary of the CGIL who still today many regret for his unitary and passionately reforming line that aimed to reconcile the interests of workers with the general interest of Italy
Bancari CGIL in the storm: the general secretary is no longer of age
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…
Bentivogli unexpectedly resigns as secretary of the Fim Cisl
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…
May Day, let's turn the crisis into an opportunity for change
May 2020st XNUMX takes place without demonstrations in the squares because we are still in the Coronavirus emergency but, instead of letting our guard down, we must take the opportunity to build a new normality based on the change of an economic system already incapable of satisfying…
Fim-Cisl remembers Pierre Carniti, an assault unionist
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
July 69: Fifty years ago the warm autumn trials
On July 3, 1969, the general strike against high rents and evictions began in Turin - Students and workers organized a counter-demonstration which degenerated into clashes in Corso Traiano - These were the premises for a hot autumn
Unions to the Government: "The Yellow Vests Yes and We No?"
Two hundred thousand in the square in Rome against the government's policies - Confindustria Emilia alongside the workers to protest against the blockade of drilling in the Adriatic - VIDEO.
CGIL, Congress: Landini general secretary, Colla and Fracassi deputy
The national assembly of the CGIL that left the Bari Congress elected Maurizio Landini as the new general secretary in place of Camusso with 93% of the votes - Vincenzo Colla and Gianna Fracassi are the two new deputy secretaries - The new secretary launches…
Cgil, open clash between pro-M5S populists and reformists after Camusso
The ongoing congressional battle in the CGIL between the supporters of Landini as Camusso's successor and those of Colla is increasingly bitter and goes beyond the union sphere and pits against those who - supporting Landini - wink…
CGIL, Camusso bequeaths a loss of 2,6 million
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
CGIL, Camusso chooses Landini but Colla remains in the running
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…
CGIL, congress: when Pizzinato overtook Trentin
In the congressional season of the CGIL, Camusso's unexpected intention to take sides in favor of Landini, once her bitter opponent, is discussed, but the history of the largest Italian trade union is full of surprises such as when in 86 everyone expected that…
Farewell to Pierre Carniti, historic secretary of the CISL
The man who led the CISL in the tough years of union conquests, from 82 to 1979 when the CGIL was led by Luciano Lama and the UIL by Giorgio Benvenuto, has died at the age of almost 1985. He was also a senator and…
Bentivogli: "New government, FCA plan, technologies: here are the challenges of the union"
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…
Uil Bancari, Masi: "I will remain in office until the new contract is signed"
Letter from the General Secretary of Uilca, Massimo Masi, who replies to internal dissidents by reiterating that he intends to reapply and remain at the head of the category until the renewal of the national contract which is expected to be "difficult and complicated"
Di Maio speaks like a robot but the union must be re-founded
The surge of the leader of the M5S against the union should not be taken too seriously because it is suggested by an algorithm of Casaleggio associati but the theme of the re-foundation of the union, too entrenched in the defense of the existing, is on the agenda -…
Union against mafia: young Fim-Cisl in the confiscated fields
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…
Carniti in Bentivogli and the Fim-Cisl: "Continue with the renewal"
The second edition of the successful book by Marco Bentivogli, the secretary general of the metalworkers of the Cisl, is now in bookstores, with a significant afterword by Pierre Carniti, a mythical figure of Italian trade unionism.
Bentivogli, Fim-Cisl congress: "Let's not leave the workers' conscience to populisms"
We are publishing a chapter of the report with which the general secretary of the FIm-Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, opened the national congress of his organization in Rome in front of a thousand delegates - Attached is the FULL TEXT OF THE REPORT.
Union SOS: "Changing the way we do banking otherwise everything collapses"
Alarm cry of the banking union on the state of Italian banks: "The main problem is not the cost of personnel: either the bank model and the way of managing non-performing loans change or everything falls apart"
Referendum, Bentivogli: "We are an independent but not indifferent union and we vote YES"
The Fim-Cisl leader illustrated the union's philosophy to Leopolda and explained the position of the Cisl metalworkers on the referendum: "Yes and No have equal dignity, but an intelligent union cannot put the…
The No to the referendum is the latest mistake by the CGIL della Camusso
The CGIL's pharisaic pronouncement against the reform has no trade union basis: workers' rights are not damaged by the new regulations, there is no authoritarian risk and a deliberative democracy is in everyone's interest - The real stake…
Metalworkers, who are the real conservatives
The contract for metalworkers must mark a turning point in trade union relations but the innovation must be based on new people's rights and on a new contractual structure that defines the different roles of national and company bargaining - A challenge addressed…
Bentivogli: “Have we ruined Italy? Because you can't do without the union"
A book by Marco Bentivogli, the dynamic general secretary of the metalworkers of the Cisl, is coming out these days, with the deliberately provocative title "Have we ruined Italy? Why we can't do without the union", published by Castelvecchi (pages 208, 16,5 ,XNUMX euros) that…
IndustriAll, Bentivogli: "Focus on a European industrial union"
The second Congress of IndustriAll Europe, the European union of metalworking, chemical, energy and textile industrial categories, which represents 7 million workers, opened today in Madrid - The leader of the Fim-Cisl: "We have many common challenges and the need…
"At the fork. Work, union and representation in today's Italy"
Mimmo Carrieri and Paolo Feltrin document in a new book, published by Donzelli, the decline in the rate of unionization in various European countries due both to economic performance and to the paradigm shift of the union which is at the crossroads between…
Banks and trade unions, it's time for co-management
Faced with the crisis of the Venetian popular banks, Monte dei Paschi, Banca dell'Etruria and other realities of the banking system, it is time for the union to gather the courage to impose a turnaround to save and restore the banks…
Industry 4.0 and trade unions: participation is the crucial challenge
The Industry 4.0 revolution has already begun and no one can do it alone: for this reason, the Government, companies and trade unions must challenge themselves, but worker participation is the essential ingredient of productivity - The virtuous model of FCA-CNH…