Since none of its members were reinstated, the Fiom sued Fabbrica Italia Pomigliano (Fip), Fiat's newco managing the plant in Campania, for discrimination. The Court gave the union satisfaction, ordering the new company to reinstate 145 union members and to pay damages to the 19 members represented by name in the suit. This is the biggest ruling against fiat since the conflict with the CGIL's union, banned from representation in the group, went to Court throughout the country. (Ref. 120420)
On June 21, the labor section of the Rome civil court condemned fiat for discrimination against its former workers affiliated with the Fiom at the Pomigliano plant, Naples. It is in that factory that the carmaker launched its new industrial relations system via a separate agreement with the Fim, Uilm, Fismic and UGL unions (see our dispatch No. 100480), which now applies to all Italian establishments. For this ruling, the Court of Rome used the new legal procedure (Act 150/2011, requested by
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