Workers at the energy company Enel are stepping up their resistance to the company's unilateral imposition of a new work schedule that unions say is upending lives and causing serious organisational problems. Backed by the unions Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-CISL and Uiltec-UIL, the workers are staging a second national two-hour strike. The changes introduced by Enel alter long-established working time arrangements, replacing them with a split-shift model that has already been piloted and rejected in Puglia. Unions report that the model creates confusion, disorganisation, and significant stress, without delivering improvements to productivity or quality of service. Workers across the country are expressing strong opposition, not only through strikes but also through collective refusal to comply with non-mandatory tasks.
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