The renewal of the collective agreement for metalworkers dominated the social scene last week. After the blockade of the country, which led to the reopening of negotiations, the conflict ended with the conclusion of an agreement between government and the two sides of industry, in the early morning of January 19. Of course, the press followed the marathon of negotiations, stage by stage, and commented on the situation. (Ref. 0651)
In a general way, the press stresses that the firmness of trade unions on the issue of wages has paid, since they obtained the 100 euros per month increase which was the floor amount
of the demands. Unions also obtained 320 euros of “tantum”, a bonus intended to compensate for the increase in the cost of living between each wage negotiations.
Commenting on the situation of social negotiations in Italy, the professor and expert in labour relations, Carlo Dell’ Arringa, said in the economic daily
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