In San Marino, Friday 4 November, a strike by workers in the trade sector
“In the face of the current stalemate, and after having called a state of mobilization in recent days, the workers of the trade together with the union proclaim the strike of the sector for the whole day of Friday 4 November”.
To dare the announcement are the Service Federations from CSdL – CDLS – USL. The unions express “bewilderment” for the replication of the USC and OSLA trade associations in the aftermath of announcement of the mobilization of workers in the trade sector, “necessary – explain the trade unions – for the derogation from the negotiations for the renewal of the sector contract, which has been in a stalemate for some time.
In 2018 – tell the workers’ representatives – the comparison associations had asked the union to adopt the contract for the renewal of the contract, but without requesting the opening of the negotiation; informal meetings had arisen, following which it was agreed not to continue the discussion, as the trade associations had some advanced regulatory requests aimed at reducing workers’ conditions. Moreover, we are in a context close to zero.
This year, in the completely changed context in which we find ourselves, it was the trade union, after informal meetings with the employers’ associations, that formally opened the negotiations for the renewal of the sector contract, with the aim of adjust workers’ wages, to cope with an ever higher abundance. At the same time, the sicatonda made himself available – despite initially declaring that he wanted to deal only with the economic part – to also evaluate the regulatory requests of the associations.
But to date – the unions denounce – after months of negotiations with various meetings, we are not yet given to know what the regulatory requests of the counterparties are. It is therefore quite clear that USC and OSLA are only interested in showing their associates that there is no intention to pay increases in line with other contracts, despite the fact that these have fully covered the even though they are from previous years, in the three-year period 2019-2022 the inflation figure was equal to 2.4%. On this front, the counterparties propose minimum increases, moreover as a down payment and therefore outside the erga omnes contract, as they are applicable only to member companies. We therefore wonder what they are waiting for to formalize their regulatory requests ”.
Hence the decision to cross his arms on Friday 4th November.
“Further organizational aspects – the unions conclude – will be communicated in the coming days”.