Unions in joint protests over Red Cross restructuring

The Cgil, Csil and Uil unions have ensured that they will be involved in talks over the future of the Italian Red Cross. The unions have been concerned that the organisation would be restructured and parts of it privatised with no consultation with the unions. The three unions will now discuss the plans for the service and what provisions are being put in place to protect workers' pay, conditions and jobs and workers' rights in relation to mobility and potential transfer to other organisations. [Read more at > Cisl-Fp (IT)->http://www.fp.cisl.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id

The four unions that organise workers in the Red Cross - Fp-Cgil, Cisl-Fp, Uil-Pa and Fialp-Cisal - have called for urgent clarification from the Ministry of Health over the impact on jobs, pay and employment conditions of the changes being made to the legal status of the organisation. The unions have already mobilised on 31 March and 4 April but following these actions there have been contradictory messages from the health ministry about guarantees for the 4000 workers (including 1500 temporary workers) who are affected by the changes. The four unions have threatened strike action if they don