Currently heading up Assolombarda, the powerful Milanese branch of the employers' organization, Carlo Bonomi will officially take over as head of Confindustria on 20 May. However trade unions are already in a stir over some remarks attributed to the future head, albeit supposedly uttered behind closed doors. In order to foster and facilitate the economic recovery, Mr. Bonomi wants to redefine how work is organized by derogating from national collective agreements so as to deal with the health crisis at the per-company level. While waiting for an official position, the trade unions steadfastly and firmly refuse to call branch negotiations into question of any sort.
Derogations from national collective agreements. In an address to the Confindustria General Council on 30 April, which although theoretically was held behind closed doors but was in practice actually voice and image recorded and broadcast, Carlo Bonomi spoke of wanting the government to facilitate ‘fair and much needed consultation in each company in order to redefine, from the bottom up, work shifts, working hours, and the number of working days per week’ for the year 2020, which ‘for each company and sector go beyond the norms and standards’ of national collective agreements (NCA).
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