Tim, all about the latest union negotiations
Here's what the unions and top management are discussing at Tim. Facts, numbers and rumors
The sale of Tim's fixed network to the American fund KKR also brings with it reasoning and comparisons on how to reduce labor costs. According to rumors from a trade union source, in the meeting with the company last week, reductions in working hours regarding the so-called "Defensive Solidarity" contract were discussed.
During the meeting with the unions, Mariano Fraioli, head of Tim's union relations, clarified that the agreement proposed to the parties will be valid for all of Tim SpA until the closing of the sale of the NetCo business unit. After that transition, it will continue to be valid in ServCo (which remains within the TIM perimeter) and will instead decay into NetCo , which passes to Kkr for 22 billion and of which the State will hold 20% through the Ministry of Economy. There are about ten days to close the matter because the company wants to find a possible agreement by March 15, after which it intends to proceed unilaterally.
The closing of the operation to sell the fixed network to KKR – after the government's green light in January – is expected by the summer, barring any obstacles that the French shareholder Vivendi is trying to put in the way.
AGILE WORK: THE CURRENT MODEL
Today, those who work in territorial commercial caring (around 2,900 people) use the agile mode for four weeks a month and can return to the office at the manager's discretion, while others (around 6,900 people) who work for example in enterprise ICT operations and assurance operations have two weeks a month of agile working. Furthermore, there are approximately 14 thousand employees who work on site for 4 days a week and 1,250 salespeople who are excluded from smart working.
AGILE WORK: THE NEW MODEL PROPOSED
The proposal presented to the company by the unions provides – according to the reconstruction of Start Magazine – until 30 June 2025 a 20% hourly reduction for eight half days per month for approximately 9,782 employees including those in governance, marketing and development , operation and testing of IT, security and network systems. For another 13,534 workers, an hourly reduction of 15% is proposed for six half days per month (commercial and technical caring, sales, operational staff, delivery, 24-hour support) and for 8,548 technicians, designers and related coordinators a reduction of 10% for four half days per month. However, 770 employees (including the security, customer care and drivers sectors) would be excluded from agile working.
NEWS UNDER STUDY TO REDUCE THE COST OF LABOR
During the meeting with Fraioli it was also pointed out that the company intends to reduce labor costs starting with the application of article 56 (Element of remuneration guarantee) of the collective labor agreement in place of the performance bonus. On the welfare front, the aim is to suspend summer stays and company check-ups, while as regards availability, a review and optimization of the wheels is in sight.
Among the tools to recover productivity, the company would have proposed to relocate and retrain staff following organizational optimizations by applying – where possible – art. 2103 of the Civil Code (assignment of lower tasks) and to block the granting of part time and "temporary" part time renewals. Finally, the reduction of meal vouchers for employees in flexible working is also hypothesized for the labor cost target.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/tim-trattative-sindacali/ on Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:50:39 +0000.