On 24 March, following a summit meeting between the metals sector employers’ bodies, Federmeccanica and Assistal, and the sector’s three main union bodies, Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL, and Uilm-Uil, the trade unions called a four-hour strike for 20 April. After almost seven years apart, and having already embarked upon negotiations separately, the three unions joined together because the employers’ bodies are looking to completely overhaul the national collective agreement’s (NCA) regulations that address the definition of salaries.
Negotiations got off to a difficult start in November 2015, (c.f. article No. 9260) and after a meeting held on 15 March 2016 when distance only grew between the parties, they are now at a complete standstill (c.f. article No. 9345). In an attempt to free them up and secure renewal of the metal sector’s national collective agreement (NCA), leaders from Fim, Fiom, and Uilm, Marco Bentivogli, Maurizio Landini and Rocco Palombella, requested a meeting with the presidents of Federmeccanica and Assi
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