Confindustria and trade unions, the confrontation starts again with safety at work, industrial policies and contracts
During the three-hour meeting between the president of the industrialists Emanuele Orsini and the three leaders of CGIL, CISL and UIL, an agenda of topics was set on which to continue the discussion in order to give answers to the country
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The meeting lasted almost three hours, demonstrating the desire to rekindle dialogue and the many important topics on the agenda. This afternoon Confindustria and the unions met at the table: for Confindustria the president, Emanuele Orsini, with the vice president for Labour and Industrial Relations, Maurizio Marchesini, and the general director, Maurizio Tarquini. For CGIL, CISL and UIL the three general secretaries, Maurizio Landini, Daniela Fumarola and Pierpaolo Bombardieri.
This is the first time in years that the three leaders of CGIL, CISL and UIL have responded jointly to Confindustria's request for a meeting. After all, Orsini had emphasised it several times in recent weeks and also at the 27 May assembly: the method of dialogue is essential to achieve shared and effective results, a united dialogue, with all three unions.
Orsini: positive day, safety and industrial policy priorities
"It was a positive day, we discussed many topics of interest to companies and workers, obviously chapter number one health and safety, which is everyone's interest, for us it is at the centre: we need to prevent accidents at work, for us it is fundamental," said Orsini, leaving the Confindustria guest quarters in Via Veneto, Rome. 'Another topic is the industrial policies of our country. But that's not all: we also talked about Europe, tariffs, and many other topics relating to the country's growth, and industrial relations, which are at the centre,' he continued, emphasising the importance of the meeting: 'It was good to be together, especially as it had been a long time since we had all met together. Positive to be together, for the growth and future of the country'.
Now we will move forward: 'On the topics that we have identified in common today - industrial policy, health, safety, industrial relations - we will build a path of meetings to analyse the issues that are shared by all of us,' added the president of Confindustria, who, responding to a specific question on the metalworkers' contract, said he was 'confident' that the table could be reactivated in the coming days.
Landini: Answers are needed on the issue of contract renewal and the salary question
For the leader of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, there has been "certainly a reactivation of a confrontation that we will now have to make explicit on the various topics that we have discussed, we will have to deal with the issues that were dealt with in the interconfederal agreements, which are in force, starting with the Pact of the factory, certainly the issue of health and safety has a central element and brings with it the issue of contracts, industrial relations and representation. At the same time there is the issue of the renewal of contracts and the wage issue. contractual tables that must restart and we are cautiously optimistic that they will restart in the coming days, starting with the table with Federmeccanica'.
