Federations put forward arguments over budget and pay increases

Italy

The main public service federations have come together to argue for a different approach to the public finance crisis. They want to see action to deal with wasteful expenditure but say that this has to be done in consultation with the trade unions and should not be about freezing or cutting public sector pay. The unions want to see money in the budget to cover renegotiation of public sector collective agreements, underlining the importance of the workforce in delivering effective public services that can play a key role in the recovery. A report from CISL FP calls for “a commitment from public authorities to involve workers and their representatives in a comprehensive process to tackle spending inefficiencies, optimize work organization to improve service management and delivery, and so retrieve money that can be redistributed to public workers through second-level bargaining.”
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