Italy : social partners agreed to the social pact presented by the government

Union organizations and employers guaranteed the "Protocol concerning foreseeing, labour and competitiveness for tenable equity and growth", presented last Monday by the Romano Prodi government. (Ref. 070660)
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This protocol is the result of several negotiations which took place these past few months on retirement, the labour market, “social dampers,” competitiveness and young people (see our dispatches # 070200 and # 070273.) The protocol was presented under its final form (“no longer amendable,” according to the Labour Ministry, Cesare Damiano, who is the protocol’s main author) to social partners in the evening of Monday July 23. the CISL, UIL and UGL unions immediately gave their consent, whereas

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