Whereas the results of referendums on the interconfederal agreement on union representation – one organized by the CGIL (backed by 95.5 percent of voters) and the other by its metalworkers’ federation, Fiom (showing rejection from 86.6 percent of voters) have arrived, the union’s leader, Susanna Camusso, announced the implementation of this agreement, of which her organization’s left wing is extremely critical. The confederation’s 17th convention, on May 6-8 in Rimini, should confirm its current leader. The CGIL is therefore divided and union action is weaker. Although it remains, in terms of membership (5.7 million), the biggest union confederation in Italy, its role is constantly being questioned by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who turned down the invitation to take part in the event.
Two referendums with opposite results. In December, when the management voted the two documents for the Congress, the majority’s document – entitled “Labor determines the future,” which is also the title of the CGIL’s 17th convention that starts today, May 6 – was also signed by Fiom leader Maurizio Landini in order to have a more united convention than the last one. However, the confederation signing the agreement of January 10 on the single text on union representation (see article No. 809
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