Tag Archives: FIOM

[en] Political turmoil inside CGIL

Posted on 2014/03/19 by Struggles in Italy

  The CGIL is Italy’s largest confederation of trade unions (secretary: Susanna Camusso) and includes as a member FIOM, the metalworkers’ federation (general secretary: Maurizio Landini; former president: Giorgio Cremaschi). Tension has been growing between CGIL and FIOM for some time and although there have been reassurances … Continue reading →

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[en] Unions sign up to the repression of trade union rights

Posted on 2014/01/18 by Struggles in Italy

It should have been just the implementation decree for the 31 May agreement but it has turned into a new agreement, with an even harsher level of repression against workers’ struggles. The agreement regulates relations between Confindustria (the major employers’ … Continue reading →

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There was a clear split in the May Day celebration in Bologna. On one side there was the union confederations’ demonstration, and on the other side there were the base unions, the Articolo 33 Committee campaigning for the referendum about … Continue reading →

Posted on 2013/05/02 by Struggles in Italy | 2 Comments

[en] FIOM strike and student demonstrations

Posted on 2012/12/15 by Struggles in Italy

The union FIOM (the metalworkers’ federation affiated to CGIL) held an eight-hour  general strike on December 5 (in Lombardy, Marche and Tuscany) and on December 6 (in all other regions of Italy) to protest against the separate agreement signed by … Continue reading →

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[en] Tornado hits Taranto: one Ilva worker missing, large-scale damage in the steelworks

Posted on 2012/11/28 by Struggles in Italy

One worker is missing after a huge tornado hit the Ilva steelworks in Taranto, the surrounding area and the nearby town of Statte, on the morning of November 28. The worker fell into the sea, as the crane he was … Continue reading →

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[en] Permanent general workers’ assembly in Ilva after the lockout of their plant

Posted on 2012/11/27 by Struggles in Italy

The Italian judiciary system is continuing its prosecution of the management of Ilva, the largest steel corporation in Europe, which has its main factory in Taranto. On Monday November 26th the judges ordered seven arrests (4 of which were house arrests) … Continue reading →

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[en] Strike in Ilva plants all over Italy

Posted on 2012/08/03 by Struggles in Italy

Today Ilva, the biggest steel industry in Europe, has stopped for a 24 hour strike. Its plant in Taranto, the most important steelworks in the whole continent, was stopped by a judicial measure by reason of the immense damages it has … Continue reading →

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[en] Shock economy in post-earthquake Emilia

Posted on 2012/06/05 by Struggles in Italy

After the two big earthquakes that have hit Emilia over the past two weeks, local businesses have already begun to put the shock economy system in to practice. That is when people in charge of a company (or a state) take … Continue reading →

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[en] 5400 workers on redundancy payment at FIAT plant in Mirafiori, Turin

Posted on 2012/05/21 by Struggles in Italy

Sergio Marchionne has managed to set a new record in his activity as the CEO of FIAT: that is, to layoff the whole workforce of the Mirafiori plant in Turin. The layoff has been set for 6 days (June 14, … Continue reading →

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