Federations criticise failure to negotiate

The FSC-CCOO and FSP-UGT trade union federations have expressed their anger and disappointment at the failure of the government to undertake real negotiations over employment in the state administration at a recent technical committee on employment. Coming only a few days before the government finalises its budget for 2016, the meeting was organised without a proper agenda or full discussion of the issues of concern for the unions. Nor were there any concrete proposals from the government to address the problems created job cuts and recruitment freezes as well as outsourcing in particular

The three main trade union confederations - CGIL, CSIL and UIL - have criticised the government for failing to deliver on the additional resources and support needed for health workers as the country prepares to ease lockdown measures. The unions argue that key provisions in the "Care Italy" act have not been implemented leaving health workers still working long shifts, trying to cope with inadequate hospital capacity and all of this without adequate equipment or proper safety protocols - problems that have persisted for three months. The confederations also raise concerns about the pay and