Air transport strikes, minister Salvini preempts and unions move agitation: stoppage on 26 February for Ita Airways and EasyJet
The ordinance serves to avert disruptions during the Winter Olympics caused by the unions' planned unrest on 16 February and 7 March
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Minister Matteo Salvini has resorted to pre-emption to avert strikes in air transport. The unions moved the Ita Airways and EasyJet protest scheduled for 16 February to 26 February, also for 24 hours.
But let us take a step back to see how this decision came about. In spite of the Garante's call, reinforced by Transport Minister Matteo Salvini's request, to move the protests to dates that do not overlap with the Olympics and Paralympics in Milan-Cortina, the trade unions in the meeting at the ministry confirmed the air transport strikes on 16 February and 7 March.
In this 'wall against wall', Minister Salvini announced that he would resort to preceptorship to 'avert air strikes during the Olympics and Paralympics, so as not to damage an image of efficiency that Italia is giving thanks to everyone's work'. Once the order was signed, the unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugl Ta, Anpac and Anp, as well as the grassroots unions, moved the protest. A violation of the precepts would expose the workers to fines and possible criminal charges. In the event of a violation of precepting, there are financial penalties for each 'guilty' worker, ranging between EUR 500 and EUR 1,000, and an administrative fine of EUR 50,000 for each trade union responsible.
On the eve of the convening of the round table at the Ministry, Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugl Ta, Anpac and Anp in a letter to the Ministry of Transport and the Guarantee Commission had already put in writing their no to the request to postpone the meetings made by the Guarantor himself, as the Milan Cortina Olympics are underway. They had already put in writing their no to the request to postpone the meetings, as the Olympics in Milan are underway
The trade unions' position
What lit the fuse, therefore, was the trade unions' response to the resolution in which the Strike Authority called for the postponement of the strikes of 16 February (involving Ita Airways, EasyJet and Vueling) and 7 March (involving Enav in Rome). "The strike actions have been proclaimed in support of the disputes for the renewal of the Ccnl and company labour contracts that have expired for many months, and in the presence of fruitless negotiations with companies that are deaf to the legitimate demands," all the category unions wrote in a missive to the Ministry of Transport and the Guarantee Commission. Companies that 'have not shown that they want to renew them under appropriate conditions, making it, in fact, impossible to cancel or postpone the union actions legitimately proclaimed,' explained Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugl Ta, Anpac and Anp.
