After a week characterized by an unprecedented conflict, in the press, between CGIL leader Susanna Camusso and Fiom leader Maurizio Landini, the former changed her mind and announced that all members would be consulted about the single text on union representation the confederation signed on January 10. The Fiom’s leader, who rejects the agreement, had notably refused to enforce it even though it was approved by the CGIL’s steering committee, as long as the workers concerned weren’t consulted.
The disagreement between the leaders of the CGIL and Fiom wasn’t planned. The two individuals had agreed to stand united at the confederation’s 17th convention in May, whose process started in January. But the interconfederal agreements of January 10 about the text on single representation and union democracy (see article No. 8095) outraged Maurizio Landini who rejects – among other things – the part on sanctions against unions and representatives that oppose agreements signed following...
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