“Flexible and independent workers have to be paid and protected better than others” said Cisl general secretary Raffaele Bonnani when launching the new union, Felsa (see our dispatch No. 090989), in Rome, during a two-day conference entitled “Autonomous and atypical labor: objectives and policies for new representation” which ended on February 10. the new federation, a combination of the former Alai (agency workers and project collaborators, also known as co.co.pro) and Clacs (independent workers) unions accounts for a total of 50,000 members and is aimed to organize the growing pool of atypical workers in Italy. The Cisl calculated that this pool holds nearly 350,000 agency workers, 800,000 project collaborators and over 2 million “independent” workers, but whose working modalities are “comparable to that of salaried employees.” Defending the interests of these workers who “lack fundamental social protection” is Felsa’s priority.
ly. The Cisl calculated that this pool holds nearly 350,000 agency workers, 800,000 project collaborators and over 2 million “independent” workers, but whose working modalities are “comparable to that of salaried employees.” Defending the interests of these workers who “lack fundamental social protection” is Felsa’s priority.
More support for “autonomous” workers. The new federation notably wants to revise the system of social contributions for independent workers, called “a partita Iva,” who ar
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