Included as key features in the gas and water sector’s national collective agreement (NCA) that the relevant social partners signed on 30 September is an overall €220 wage increase over three years as well as progress on employee participation in company decisions and on diversity and inclusion. This NCA first requires approval by the relevant workers’ assemblies and then it will run retroactively from 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, covering some 47,000 workers in almost 400 companies.
The agreement signed by the relevant employers’ organizations (Utilitalia, Proxigas, Assogas, and Anfida), and trade union bodies (Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec), demonstrates the willingness of the social partners to deal with difficult circumstances, at a time when the gas sector is being disrupted by the war in Ukraine (many small distributors are struggling to cope with rising prices and may go out of business), and drought conditions are putting a strain on those agents involved in w
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