Italy: renewal of the economic part of the Gas and Water sector’s collective agreement

An average 113 euros wage increase for 2008-2009 and a joint opinion to face the sector's difficulties and limit the consequences the liberalization of the market has on employment. These are the main novelties of the agreement for the renewal of the economic part of the Gas and Water sector's collective agreement which social partners signed on January 15. (Ref. 080041)
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Without a single hour of strike, only two weeks late from its deadline, and “with important cooperation between the parties”, as Federutility’s chair, Mauro D’Ascenzi, pointed out, the agreement for the renewal of the economic part of the Gas and Water national collective agreement was signed on January 15. It concerns about 50.000 employers from more than 7750 Italian and foreign private and public companies, including Gruppo Italgas, Acquedotto Pugliese, Enel Gas, Thuga Italia (E.O.N group) a

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