Temporary workers of staffing firm Gi Group staged a protest in front of the Lucca office. The workers have been waiting for a year to receive back-pay owed to them. The workers were sent by Gi Group to work at Texsus, a multilayer solutions firm for the Hygienic, Medical, and Industrial market. Trade unions found differences in pay for the temporary workers at Texsus and the other employees of the user undertaking. In some cases, the difference was up to a hundred euro less per month. Gi Group recognised the problem in pay and asked for an official calculation of the amount owed to the temporary workers. However, Gi Group refused immediate pay and talks between Gi Group and the unions have stalled since.
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