A first of its kind alliance has been struck between workers and senior executives at Fiat that establishes a new era in Italian industrial relations. On 29 March, Fim union and the Fiat CNH executives association (AQCF) concluded an agreement to strengthen their cooperation. For Fim, the group’s majority trade union, this marks a first step towards its model of a ‘strong’ and fully inclusive trade union.
“We are the unions that have signed all the agreements that improved wages and working conditions in the main Fiat establishments from Pomigliano to Melfi,” stated Marco Bentivogli, the Fim leader during the presentation of the agreement struck between his union and the Fiat senior executives association (AQCF) on 29 March in Rome. Marco Bentivogli underlined that “this is a completely different framework from that of the autumn in 1980, because today this recomposition is an essential element for fully inclusive representation, catering for all professions from workers through to senior staff.”
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