The cancellation of the article on the increase of the State contribution is unacceptable!
The total absence of discussion on the Fondiss reform was also stigmatized. There are many requests for integration and modification of the CSU on macro-themes such as the criteria and quantities of disincentives for early pensions. The unitary assets of cadres have been called for Friday 23 September
The comments and requests for modification and integration made by the CSU with respect to the draft law on the reform of the social security system approved at first reading by the council in the current session of the Great and General Council are many and articulated. The position of the Unitary Trade Union Center, containing both general and specific observations on the articles, was sent yesterday to the members of the State Congress, to the parties and to all the members of the Great and General Council. The CSU has made great efforts on this fundamental reform, which is of crucial importance for the conditions of the rights of workers and pensioners; he participated in numerous meetings with the Secretariat of State for Health, always bringing his contribution and with determination his positions of merit, carrying out a negotiating and proactive role that allowed for significant improvement. However, further adjustments are needed, as well as some radical changes.
In the letter, the CSU therefore asks to face the process of approval of the PDL with all the changes and additions, as well as widely argued. Entering into the merits of the legislative proposal presented at first reading, the CSU denounces how inexplicably an essential and binding article has been eliminated, concerning the “State intervention in favor of the sustainability of Pension Funds”. Until the interview with the Secretariat of State for Health, comparison in the drafts exchanged between the parties, this article was present and the setting envisaged for a last substantial sharing by the trade unions. For the CSU “it is not tolerable that the For decades, the State has fully covered the imbalance of the social security funds of some categories, then merged into that of the self-employed, and only contributes up to a maximum of 25% of the income to the imbalance of the Employee Fund. ” For the CSU, the use of the reserve fund must necessarily be accompanied by an appropriate intervention by the state budget.
The CSU therefore asks with determination that this article be reinstated, a decisive condition for the entire PDL to meet some kind of sharing. “It is the responsibility of all the Parties – warns the CSU – to ensure that the Pension Funds do not run out within a few years, but accompany the reforms until they become fully operational, or in about thirty years.” At the same time, the CSU notes the total absence of discussion on the Fondiss reform, which should also be approved by the end of the year, in parallel with that of the first pillar. Despite this, some articles make explicit reference to Fondiss. The CSU reiterated that it is inadmissible that contributions intended for supplementary pensions in fact have no returns, thus nullifying the set objective, namely that Fondiss itself becomes a concrete supplement to the pension returns of the first pillar.
One of the fundamental macro-themes concerns the disincentives provided for in the PDL for early retirements, since from the calculations made by the CSU itself they are particularly penalizing for workers. Furthermore, they must have an eye for working mothers, for strenuous jobs and for those who have to assist non self-sufficient family members. Furthermore, the issue of protection for those who lose their jobs in old age must be addressed together with the Secretariat of State for Labor. With reference to the increase in contributions, the CSU is unacceptable that the “discount” of 1% for the employer part, envisaged through a reduction in the rates from other active funds, is recognized to all employers, including those who have not yet contracts entered into, recognizing adequate pay increases to workers. As the first moment of involvement of the workers on this very delicate reform, the CSU promptly convened the unitary general Active of trade union cadres, for the whole day of Friday 23 September, at the “Nuovo di Dogana” Theater. The bill will be illustrated, examined and discussed with extreme attention and the necessary initiatives in support of trade union positions will be evaluated.
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