“The outcome of the referendum sounded the alarm.” Susanna Camusso, CGIL deputy general secretary, who should replace current general secretary Gugliemo Epifani at the end of his term in September, is sure of it. In an interview published in the last issue of the Espresso, under the title, “What Pomigliano is teaching us,” she says that Sicilian workers’ rejecting the restructuring program proposed by the Italian carmaker (see our dispatch No. 100480) shows that they aren’t ready to accept lesser benefits in spite of the crisis. Thus, the union has to “set clear boundaries” with local bargaining. In this respect, the “Pomigliano lesson” increases the union’s role. According to Mrs. Camusso, it is wrong to consider local collective agreements as conflicting with CCNs, just like it is wrong to “pour oil on the disagreements between the trade unions” because, at local level, most agreements are unitarily signed with the Cisl and Uil.
o is teaching us,” she says that Sicilian workers’ rejecting the restructuring program proposed by the Italian carmaker (see our dispatch No. 100480) shows that they aren’t ready to accept lesser benefits in spite of the crisis. Thus, the union has to “set clear boundaries” with local bargaining. In this respect, the “Pomigliano lesson” increases the union’s role. According to Mrs. Camusso, it is wrong to consider local collective agreements as conflicting with CCNs, just like it is wrong to “p
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