Advances on work-life balance, enhanced training and industrial relations, a pay rise of €200 over three years: these are the main new features of the agreement to renew the collective agreement in the textile and clothing sector, which covers nearly 400,000 workers at more than 40,000 companies. Against a difficult backdrop for the fashion industry, the social partners have chosen to innovate, also opening the way for an overhaul of the job and pay scales.
The agreement reached on 11 November between the employers’ organisation SMI (Sistema Moda Italia) and the trade unions Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec will apply retrospectively from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027, with the previous national collective bargaining agreement (CCN) having expired on 31 March this year. It must now be approved by the workers’ assemblies.
Better work-life balance
The agreement introduces new measures to improve work-life balance, with the aim of making the sector
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Hélène Martinelli
Freelance