Negotiations for the renewal of metalworkers' national collective agreement started again on January 9, with both parties openly willing to sign an agreement as soon as possible. For the first time, the employers' federation Federmeccanica accepted to continue talks in spite of the mobilization of the sector's workers. However, negotiations are still stuck on wage and flexibility issues. (Ref. 080029)
Unions draw a positive balance of the January 11 national strike to defend the union platform (see our article No. 070500) for the renewal of metalworkers’ national collective agreement, which came to term at the end of June (see our articles No. 071025, 070946, 070906 and 070820). The action mobilized metalworkers throughout Italy, with an average 80% participation. When negotiations resumed, on January 9, 2008, while clearly stating that they wanted to sign an agreement quickly, the three uni
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