CGIL: with the arrival of De Palma, Filetti and Sorrentino, here is the new confederal executive committee
The trade union’s general meeting approved Secretary Landini’s proposal by 142 votes in favour and 77 against. Gender parity has been restored within the ten-member executive committee.
Key points
The CGIL’s confederal secretariat once again comprises ten members – five men and five women – following the appointment of Michele De Palma (General Secretary of FIOM), Stefania Filetti (General Secretary of CGIL Varese) and Serena Sorrentino (Chair of the ‘Fundamental Programme’ Commission).
The CGIL assembly – the confederation’s ‘mini-parliament’ based on Corso d’Italia – was called upon to vote en bloc on the proposal put forward by the General Secretary, Maurizio Landini, regarding the new ten-member executive committee, which was approved by secret ballot with 142 votes in favour, 77 against, 2 invalid ballots and 9 abstentions, out of a total of 230 voters out of 287 eligible to vote.
Francesca Re David’s departure
On the agenda was the replacement of Francesca Re David, who left the confederal secretariat on 24 July having reached the age limit (she remains, however, involved in the talks with the 14 employers’ organisations on defining the new contractual model and the criteria for measuring representation). Following Re David’s departure, the secretariat consisted of seven members (including Landini: four men and three women). Secretary Landini proposed – through the appointment of three new members – to restore gender parity at the top of the union.
The secretary’s proposal and the reasons for the ‘no’
The decision to establish a ‘reinforced’ executive committee – explained Landini – is driven by the difficult challenges facing the trade union, including its involvement in campaigns such as the national demonstration on 17 October organised in Rome by the ‘La via maestra’ coalition – with a platform ranging from the defence of the Constitution, peace, quality employment and wages – the collection of signatures for citizens’ initiative bills on healthcare and public procurement, and protests against the 2027 budget.
There are several reasons behind the numerous votes against and abstentions; the discontent stems from Landini’s decision to expand the secretariat to ten members, and the request to hold a separate vote on each new member of the secretariat (rather than approving them en bloc) was rejected.
