The framework agreement was signed on March 27 after 48 hours of continuous negotiations between Telecom Italia and the SLC-CGIL, Fistel Cisl and Uilcom Uil unions as well as the Unitary trade union representation structure (RSU). It advances the “exemplary industrial relations system” the trade unions and the company adopted in 2010 (see article No. 100652), which planned to insource some services and to extend solidarity contracts in order to reduce the number of surplus workers. To face up to the severe crisis the Italian telecom industry is going through, and because of obligations following from the pension reform (there are fewer ‘natural’ departures now that retirement age is higher), Telecom Italia and the trade unions notably agreed to “turn insourcing strategies into priority strategic objectives,” to generalize solidarity contracts and to maintain employment levels by “restoring productivity for several activities,” relying on the value of the work factor rather than simple cost-cutting actions.”
Italy: Telecom Italia and unions sign agreement on 2013-2014 restructuring program
On March 27, Telecom Italian and the trade unions agreed on the key elements of the 2013-2014 business plan. The agreement provides that solidarity contracts will be used to managed 2,500 out of 3,000 “surplus” workers as well as an insourcing strategy for some outsourced activities and major changes to the work organization, mainly affecting the group’s two largest divisions – Caring Services and Open Access. (Ref. 130229)
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