Bonomi’s Confindustria recoils on the metalworkers’ contract
Federmeccanica (Confindustria) is open to requests from trade unions for the renewal of the metalworkers' contract. Numbers, comments and insights
Confindustria di Bonomi recoils on the metalworkers' contract? This is the question that is circulating in these hours among the unions but also in Confindustria circles given the proposal made today by Federmeccanica, which differs from the one illustrated only a few days ago.
In fact, at the last meeting, which ended with the announcement of the strike on November 5, Federmeccanica and Assistal on November 18 said they were willing to confirm the revaluation of the contractual minimums based on the final Ipca, according to the mechanism of the 2016 National Collective Labor Agreement, with increases in the order of € 4.
METALMECCANICI, THE NEWS FROM FEDERMECCANICA-CONFINDUSTRIA
Today, however, Federmeccanica and Assistal presented the new "organic" proposal on the renewal of the national contract to the metalworkers' trade unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm which, for the total remuneration, provides for an increase of 65 euros in total for the period 2021- 2023, together with other items and benefits, for which workers will be able to receive up to about 85 euros in 2023.
WHAT DOES FEDERMECCANICA'S PROPOSAL FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE METALMECHANICAL CONTRACT
In the proposal, the equalization element is raised from 485 euros to 500 euros in 2023 and half (250 euros) will continue to go to those who receive only the contractual treatments. The other 250 euros will go in 2023 to those who are not interested in performance bonuses or collective economic benefits, "as long as the company is not in a state of crisis". Thanks to the set of measures, workers without performance bonuses or other corporate collective economic benefits will be able to receive up to about 85 euros in 2023, also reads in the part on the value of the proposal by Federmeccanica and Assistal for the metalworkers' contract.
NUMBERS AND BENEFITS
As far as the Flexible benefits are concerned, it goes from 200 to 250 euros per year; in total 750 euros in the three-year period 2021-2023. In the three-year period 2017-2019 the total was 450 euros, it is underlined.
On the supplementary pension, we go from a company contribution of 2.0% to 2.2% for everyone. To be entitled to this contribution, workers must pay a contribution equal to 0.5% compared to the previous 1.2%. For new members under the age of 35, the contribution to be paid by companies will go from 2.0% to 2.5%.
THE OTHER NUMBERS OF THE CONFINDUSTRIA PROPOSAL ON METALMECHANICS
The right to 24 hours of training in three years is confirmed for all employees and the creation of Business Services financed by a one-off contribution from companies (which will pay € 1.5 per employee in 2021). The Mètasalute Fund provides for the extension of health care to pensioners who have been enrolled in the fund continuously for at least 2 years before retiring.
THE NEXT STEPS
The confrontation between Federmeccanica and Assistal and the Fim, Fiom and Uilm unions for the renewal of the national metalworkers contract continues next week: new appointments have been set for the days of 1, 2 and 3 December and then on 9 December.
THE PROPOSAL OF CONFINDUSTRIA ACCORDING TO FEDERMECCANICA
Our contract proposal not only takes into consideration the serious contingent crisis, but is also the guarantee tool through which companies and workers can face the profound changes taking place in our sector, in its organization, in the economy and in society " . This was declared by the president of Federmeccanica, Alberto Dal Poz. "We have intentionally chosen to remain faithful to the innovative spirit of four years ago: to the sustainable quantitative contribution of the remuneration treatment, we have added the authentic leap in quality constituted both by the reform of a professional classification now outdated by history, and by the improvement of all cornerstones contained in the contract renewal of 2016. This proposal offers an extra dimension to face the challenges that our markets require of us ”.
“Ours is a proposal that has meaning and substance and is the only one possible in a dramatic moment like the one we are experiencing”, says the president of Assistal, Angelo Carlini. “We do not ask workers to make sacrifices but we intend to make improvements in working conditions in every area, compatibly with the extremely difficult economic situation of this period, which will accompany us for a long time to come. Focusing on the quality of contractual contents, on the quality of relations is an imperative so that tomorrow we can not only get out of the crisis, but resume a path of growth and development of companies, people and more generally of the country. Now – concludes Carlini – it is necessary to act responsibly to make a contract that is sustainable, brought into reality and in continuity with the contractual renewal started in 2016 ".
CONFINDUSTRIA VS TRADE UNIONS
"The blue overalls contract has become the ideological reference of 2 different positions and is the action of the three confederations to shake the negotiating table", wrote Roberto Pessi, labor lawyer and pro-rector of the Luiss Didactics , university in recent days. owned by Confindustria, specifying that "on the one hand, in fact, there is the clear position of Confindustria and its president Bonomi, who comes from Assolombarda, closely linked to Federmeccanica, who says: with zero inflation and with the economy that is that is, you can give an increase of 40 euros per month. This is not a recovery of purchasing power, but only a maintenance of what is already there. On the other hand there is the trade union front that tries to break down this wall, also relying on the fact that other categories such as nutritionists and private health care have renewed the contract, even if in reality these are sectors that are doing well at the moment and therefore even the industrialists have found it convenient to find an agreement because they need manpower ”. A position, that of Pessi, which has caused much discussion within Confindustria and Luiss ( here the in-depth analysis of Start Magazine ).
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/la-confindustria-di-bonomi-rincula-sul-contratto-dei-metalmeccanici/ on Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:02:14 +0000.