Italy: renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement for chemistry’s SMEs

On January 28, Union chimica-Confapi for employers and the Filcem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions signed the renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement of small and medium-sized enterprises in the chemistry sector, which expired on December 31, 2007. The average wage increase is 100 euros. (Ref. 080102)
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Unions rejoiced with the outcome of the negotiation which meets their claims and “answers the mandate received by workers”. After the December 6, 2007 agreement on the national collective agreement of the chemistry sector (see our artcile No. 071018), it is now small and medium-sized enterprises’ turn to sign the national collective agreement, which will be effective until December 31, 2009, and which concerns about 15.000 employees in approximately 1.000 companies in the sector. The three sign

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