The members of the three largest Italian trade unions -Cgil, Cisl and Uil – have a four-hour strike action, while enrolled in the so-called autonomous trade unions chose to go on a 24-hour strike. Main causes of the mobilization are the cuts provided by the new employment contract, which should apply from 1 March, but the new economic crisis of the company. Yesterday, the ministry of Transport in Rome, resumed the dialogue of the employer with the trade union representatives, but failed to achieve a meaningful result.
The unions denounce among other things, that Alitalia wants to abandon the national labour contract and to impose one of their own, and corporate regulation. This is a motion without precedent, which is particularly serious”.
In an open letter, published on the internet, an employee of the company reminds that already in the past, the salary of employees “decreased by 30% for a period of six months”, while adding that “the advent of investors from the united Arab Emirates has not brought substantial benefits, apart from an aesthetic embellishment”. “In the space of eight years we were led practically three times in a bankruptcy, but no one, except us, the workers, asked them Î¼ÎµÎ³Î±Î»Î¿Î¼Î¬Î½Î±Ï„Î¶ÎµÏ to assume their responsibilities,” writes the employee.
The Italian Transport ministers Graziano ÎτελÏίο and Economic Development Carlo ΚαλÎντα called on the company to submit an overall development plan in order to be able to overcome the critical phase (the funds of Alitalia there is money only until June), while they’ve asked the unions to refrain from unilateral actions and to contribute to the success of the dialogue.
Cancelled 60% of flights of Alitalia due to a strike
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