In a number of sectors – clothing, leather and shoes, ceramics, energy and oil, insurance – employer groups and trade unions in Italy find themselves deadlocked in their attempts to reach national collective agreements (CCN). The main bone of discord is the mechanism for calculating salary increases.
While social partners in the metal sector resumed dialogue after a break of several months and are on the way to reaching an agreement, a number of sectors which are emblematic of the ‘Made in Italy’ industry find themselves trapped in tough negotiations. Two views of branch-level agreements are on a collision course and the main sticking point regards salary raises. Trade unions remain attached to an egalitarian mechanism, which means salary increases for all employees within a sector. However
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