Feb 11, 2015
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90% of unionised employees in the banking sector participated in a nationwide strike after the Italian Banking Association (ABI) refused to conclude a national collective agreement.
90% of unionised employees in the banking sector participated in a nationwide strike after the Italian Banking Association (ABI) refused to conclude a national collective agreement. The trade unions have the impression that the ABI aims to dismantle the national collective agreement and its safeguards and to replace it with company based negotiations. This will produce huge disparities in wages and in the treatment of workers, paving the way for savage job cuts.
English: http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/126725/90--of-bank-employees-on-strike ...
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