All eyes are on the maneuvers and back and forth between CGIL and the government. “The Italian people are being slaughtered, the workers”: Maurizio Landini goes back to the words of the Minister of Economy, Giancarlo Giorgetti, after the controversy over the impact of the Irpef cuts on the middle class, and reverses the perspective. He responded to those who accused him of not forming a union but having political aims, excluding this scenario, and relaunched the general strike on 12 December.
Meanwhile, CISL and UIL are moving forward with their respective boxes. Together, Assolombarda’s three guests, but separately, each take their own path in facing the budget law of the next Meloni administration. “For me the goal is to bring home results” for workers, Landini responded, defending his “consistency” as a union member. And the decision to strike again: “They don’t want to? Then let’s open real negotiations and change the wrong steps”, stems from the wage emergency which according to him will not be resolved at all.
“Those who earn 40,000 euros pay 3,500 euros more in taxes from 2023 to 2025 and now they give them 18 euros a month, 340 euros”, stressed the CGIL leader who also spoke again about social uprising: “It is time for the people to revolt, they must take to the streets, they must say enough is enough”. Respecting trade union etiquette, Cisl and Uil do not strictly judge CGIL’s choice, but the facts show the split. “On the 12th we will be busy organizing our demonstration on December 13th in the best way”, answered the general secretary of CISL, Daniela Fumarola: on Saturday, when the union via Po will be in the square in Rome to relaunch the pact of responsibility, “to look beyond” the maneuver – which also calls for improvements starting from the refinancing of the law on participation -, “to build the future of our country” also considering the end of the impact of the Pnrr next year. The Uil national executive will decide tomorrow afternoon the details of the mobilization that is being prepared to carry out: also for the union led by Pierpaolo Bombardieri, the demonstration should take place on a Saturday, between the end of the month and the beginning of December. Compared to the rejection of CGIL, the other two parties reiterated the opinions articulated regarding the maneuver – with some positive points, such as tax relief on contract increases, and other negative points regarding taxes, healthcare and pensions.
“Obviously we are mobilizing to address this problem and we will ask the government to intervene,” said Bombardieri. At the Industrial Relations Forum organized by Confindustria and Assolombarda, the focus was also on working time. “I believe it is important to open discussions” between the government, trade unions and business, stressed Labor Minister Marina Calderone, stressing that for this short experiment, the first point is the voluntary nature of membership. “We are willing to discuss it, but remain very realistic,” said Confindustria vice president Maurizio Marchesini. At the same time, the focus is on relaunching productivity which, “from 2019 to 2024, in our country, actually decreased by -0.1 percent”, said Assolombarda president Alvise Biffi.
“There are limits to everything, I know Claudio Durigon is working on them,” said the deputy prime minister and leader of the Democratic Party. Matteo Salvini’s relief in Barion the sidelines of his party’s event ahead of the regional elections, answering the question of whether there was room for intervention in pensions through budget changes.
“There is fiscal peace in the budget law, the installments will be payable from July next year, and we are working with amendments from the League to expand the audience further, for example also canceling those who are under investigation,” Salvini said again. To those who asked him whether changes were still possible, he answered: “Of course, this is a good budget law and can be improved.” “For the League, the priority is fiscal peace, the release of millions of Italians, almost 15 million people, who were held hostage by the Revenue Agency for bills that started at 10 and over time reached 20-30-40-50 – he repeated -. Making a treaty of trust with these Italians, a nine-year mortgage, with all equal installments, without incoming taxes and the cancellation of sanctions, would allow many people to pay and the State to collect”.
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