Why did Bentivogli resign as Fim Cisl secretary? The Report investigation
What emerges from the Report (Rai3) investigation on the CISL and the resignation of Marco Bentivogli as secretary of the Fim Cisl.
The magnifying glass of Report , the investigative broadcast of Rai Tre, this week was dedicated to the open issues in the Cisl house: from the compensation of the top management, to the disposal of the IAL Cisl, the training body of the confederation, up to resignation of Marco Bentivogli, former secretary of Fim Cisl, the federation of metalworkers.
THE RESIGNATION OF BENTIVOGLI FROM THE GUIDE OF THE FIM CISL
Last June, in full employment crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Marco Bentivogli resigned as secretary of the CISL metalworkers. In hisresignation letter he specified that his was a free choice. Yet his decision comes after a year of inspections by the confederation led by Anna Maria Furlan in the territorial offices of metalworkers and after the letter last July in which 42 CISL executives accused him of political leadership .
Giovanni Guerisoli (former CISL administrative secretary) in Report underlines that the inspectors (probiviri) who carry out the inspections are not third bodies but employees of the union and that behind Bentivogli's resignation there would have been an underground war of attrition, an exhausting battle conducted with inspection weapons.
Bentivogli closes his greeting letter with a meaningful sentence: "My resignation is the condition to protect the FIM , its women and men". Evocative words that suggest that Bentivogli wanted to leave a message: am I resigning to protect against retaliation by the leaders of the confederation against the Bentivogliani ?, the Rai broadcast asked in fact.
Savino Pezzotta, former secretary general of the CISL, interpreted Bentivogli's letter as proof of the fact that an exhausting war is taking place within the union: "You resign when you experiment with the technique of attrition", wrote the former number one of the confederation in a comment .
WAR AGAINST THE BENTIVOGLIANI OF THE FIM CISL? REPORT IS ASKED
Report reconstructs a series of movements that have had as protagonists trade unionists close to the former secretary of Fim Bentivogli. Paolo Carini , former secretary of the FIM of the Varese lakes, resigned after an inspection that found swollen cards and irregularities of various kinds. Among the accusations, the one according to which the remuneration was lower than the levels provided for by the regulation stands out. Carini, as secretary, did not receive any allowances. When, however, Report put Carini in front of the microphone, he did not want to talk about the inspections, although he himself was the injured party. Another case is that of the former secretary of the metalworkers of the FIM of Rome Stefano Lombardi , expelled last summer. The inspection of the CISL revealed various irregularities from the management of meal vouchers, to the disputes office that made conciliations even to non-registered workers. He too was challenged with the deduction of fees.
INTERNAL DISPUTES AND INSPECTIONS IN THE FIM CISL
Andrea Donegà , secretary of the metalworkers of Lombardy, one of the managers of the metalworkers considered closest to Bentivogli, was referred to the arbitrators of the CISL.
To make his name was another manager of the metalworkers of the CISL, Gianluca Tartaglia . Who, in turn, was referred to the arbitrators by Donegà because he had worked on an agreement for the Novelis SPA workers in which an incentive for dismissal was recognized. However, the amount of the incentive varied a lot according to the contract, skills, personal history and union membership. According to the complaint, there were those who had more than others, including a trade union leader from the Fim. Tartaglia , in order to allow him to participate in the dismissal procedure, first would have removed his union leave and then signed a 98 thousand euro conciliation for him and therefore would have hired him in the union.
For that conciliation he was expelled by the metalworkers , but he appealed and the arbitrators of the CISL reinstated him . Last July he was appointed general secretary of the FIM CISL of eastern Piedmont.
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF REPORTS ON CISL AND FIM
The reconstruction of Report brings out a gloomy picture of the internal relations of the CISL. According to an anonymous source – a confederation inspector – there is a war of attrition in the union aimed at eliminating all dissidents. “I do the inspections, I look for what I need and I find what I am looking for. Inspection is a club that you use if you want to reward or punish someone "- says the anonymous source with a darkened face and a disguised voice -" Compared to the same attitude you can use a stick or a carrot. The inspections were used to eliminate a part of the management team that was not aligned with the choices of the CISL ”.
START MAGAZINE INSIGHTS ON THE FIM CISL:
THE LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM MARCO BENTIVOGLI
WHAT THE RESIGNATIONS OF BENTIVOGLI HIDE FROM THE FIM. SPEAK PEZZOTTA (FORMER SECRETARY CISL)
I WILL TELL YOU THE MERITS OF BENTIVOGLI. THE COMMENT OF GIULIANO CAZZOLA
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN THE FIM-CISL. THE INTERVENTION OF BERTOLI
HOW THE FIM-CISL WILL BE AFTER BENTIVOGLI. THE COMMENT OF MARIO SASSI
WHO IS ROBERTO BENAGLIA, THE SUCCESSOR OF BENTIVOGLI LEADING THE FIM-CISL
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/perche-bentivogli-si-e-dimesso-da-segretario-fim-cisl-linchiesta-di-report/ on Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:52:05 +0000.