During the CISL national conference currently underway, the confederation union presented its study on the unions’ image in Italy. Undertaken with a representative sample of Italian workers from both the public and private sectors this study investigates how confederal unionism is regarded, and includes an assessment of its value and its actions. The CGIL came out as the most favored union followed by the Cisl and then by the Uil.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has called them ‘has beens’ yet nevertheless most Italians still hold their union confederations in high esteem. These are the findings of a study commissioned by Cisl and carried out by Sergio Maset (Idea Tolomeo). Carried out in May 2015 the study delivers a snapshot of the image of the confederal unions have amongst various population cohorts: one sample of 1,200 representative employees from both the public and private sectors (including currently unionized workers, formerly unionized workers, and non-unionized workers), another sample of representative retirees, and samples including almost 900 workers and retirees plus 370 delegate members of Cisl.
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