Italy: 7,500 new hires and stabilisation of precarious staff at Poste Italiane

The reorganisation of Poste Italiane, Italy’s largest company in terms of the number of employees (around 120,000), is taking shape through a series of agreements signed on 27 November with the SLP-Cisl (which alone represents around 60% of postal workers), Confsal Comunicazioni, Failp-Cisal and FNC-Ugl unions. These agreements, aimed at improving industrial relations and easing disputes, will enable more than 7,500 workers to be hired or stabilised over the next two years. Specifically,...