Italian metalworkers' unions - Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL and Uilm -, the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and the union representatives of Fiat's Italian, Polish, Serbian, Turkish and Brazilian plants met in Turin on September 5, 2008 to ask the Italian car manufacturer (185.227 employees worldwide, 123.678 in Europe, 77.649 in Italy) to sign an international framework agreement ensuring in all the group's plants the respect of the employees' fundamental rights. (Ref. 080664)
In 2006, during the talks for the renewal of the company agreement, Italian trade unions already urged Fiat to sign an international framework agreement, reminded Bruno Vitali, Fim-Cisl national secretary. “Fiat refused, using the existence of an internal code of conduct as a pretext.” On the eve of the important re-negotiation of the company agreement, which expires at the end of 2008, Italian unions are trying again, this time with international support. “We want a true agreement, not a one-s
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