After its tribunal challenge to the January 2104 agreement on union representation was rejected, and despite its continued opposition, the confederation of autonomous unions, the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) has announced its decision to sign the agreement. After what has been more than a year of mobilization this ‘capitulation’ is, for the union, the only way to continue representing workers in the workplace.
“We have lost a battle.” This is the bitter truth for the USB National Council, when on May 23 a majority approved the decision to officially adhere to the agreement concluded between the CGIL, Cisl, Uil, and Confindustria unions on January 10, 2014 on the “Single Text on Representation”. The text governs both the certification for and the forms of union representation as well as the scope and types of validation of national and company collective agreements. It also introduces sanctions...
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