On 4 April 2009, the General Confederation of Italian Workers (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, Cgil [1]) held a general strike. There were two main reasons for the protest. The first was Cgil’s accusation that the government was failing to adequately address the economic crisis, and the
The Public Sector Bargaining Relations Agency (Agenzia per la Rappresentanza Negoziale delle Pubbliche Amministrazioni, ARAN [1]) and the sectoral trade unions signed two collective contract renewals for government employees. Both accords were reached on 23 January 2009, renewing the 2008–2009
In October 2008, the US-owned multinational Whirlpool [1], an industry leader in the manufacture of household appliances, announced its intention to shed 5,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2009, with over 1,000 of these job cuts earmarked for its European plants. The Whirlpool management cited the
In October 2008, the Italian parliament approved Decree Law No. 137/2008 entitled ‘Urgent measures with regard to education and the universities’. The bill had initially been approved by the Council of Ministers on 28 August 2008 and was subsequently passed by the Chamber of Deputies on 7 October
In Italy, the total number of workplace accidents amounted to 832,037 accidents in 2007, over 1,000 of which were fatal – according to data from a 2007 report (in Italian) [1] by the National Association of Workplace Accident Victims (Associazione Nazionale Mutilati ed Invalidi sul Lavoro, ANMIL [2]
On 30 November 2007, the entire Italian public transport sector was paralysed by a general strike announced by the Italian Federation of Transport Workers (Federazione italiana dei lavoratori trasporti, Filt-Cgil [1]), the Italian Federation of Transport (Federazione italiana trasporti, Fit-Cisl [2]
Between 28 and 29 May 2007, trade union confederations and the government signed a document renewing the collective agreement for the public sector. The agreement, which had expired in 2005, will cover about 3.5 million public sector workers.
On 12 April 2007, the metalworkers’ trade unions affiliated to the three main trade union confederations agreed on a common list of proposals for the renewal of an industry-wide agreement in the metalworking sector. The agreement was signed by the Italian Federation of White-Collar and Blue-Collar
In recent years, industrial relations in the province of Milan have been marked by a breakdown in trade union solidarity. This was particularly evident in 2000, when the ‘Pact for work’ was endorsed by the Italian Confederation of Workers’ Unions (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori, Cisl
Founded in 1953 as a public group and later privatised in 1998, Eni is one of the most influential integrated energy companies in the world. Eni [1] has a series of subsidiaries, including, for example, Agip, Eni Power, Italgas and Snam Rete Gas. The main sectors in which the company operates are