Italy: broken negotiations on the national insurance collective agreement cause several mobilizations

“Strong and clear” employee support to unions’ platform: this is how Giuseppe Gallo, Fiba Cisl general secretary, qualified the national strike of March 28th with a 90% turnout.  The strike, unitarily called by Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, FNA, Snfia and Uilca-Uil after negotiations broke on February with the Ania employers’ organization (Associazione nazionale delle Imprese assicurative) for the renewal of the sector’s national collective agreement, which expired on December 31, 2009, is presented by the trade unions as a success.
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m: this is how Giuseppe Gallo, Fiba Cisl general secretary, qualified the national strike of March 28th with a 90% turnout. The strike, unitarily called by Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, FNA, Snfia and Uilca-Uil after negotiations broke on February with the Ania employers’ organization (Associazione nazionale delle Imprese assicurative) for the renewal of the sector’s national collective agreement, which expired on December 31, 2009, is presented by the trade unions as a success.

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