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05 February 2021 The new national metalworkers' contract arrives: after a long negotiation, which started 15 months ago, Federmeccanica and Assistal and Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil have signed the agreement for the renewal of the national collective labor agreement expired at the end of 2019, providing for an average wage increase of 112 euros on the minimum, when fully operational. 



However, the contractual validity is extended: it starts in January 2021 and ends in June 2024 (compared to the normal deadline which would have been in 2022).

For 2020, the adjustment to IPCA inflation on minimums is foreseen, as per the previous contract.

The renewal affects 1.6 million workers. 



Federmeccanica: constructive contract, respects continuity and sustainability


"Our will has always been clear: to sign the contract. After a close but constructive discussion, we found the key to a renewal that respected the two essential conditions for us: continuity and sustainability. In continuity with the spirit of reform started in 2016 with the Renewal contractual and sustainable from an economic point of view ".

Thus the president of Federmeccanica Alberto Dal Poz comments on the agreement reached.



Furlan: a sign of confidence for the country


"It is certainly very positive news for our entire manufacturing system and a sign of confidence in such a difficult moment for the life of the country, the signing of the new metalworkers' contract".

This was underlined by the general secretary of the CISL, Annamaria Furlan, commenting on the renewal of the metalworkers' contracts.

"Our categories and Federmeccanica must be acknowledged for having concluded a very difficult and complex negotiation with a sense of responsibility - he continues - by stipulating a very innovative and modern contract that protects salaries, strengthens industrial relations in the name of the right to training, comparison and participation in corporate decisions, raises the benefits of contractual welfare, the new guarantees on health and safety in the workplace, smart working, the fight against all forms of discrimination and gender-based violence. The reform of professional positions is also of great importance. stopped since 1973, with a new system in line with technological transformations and the digital transition ".

"This contract is added to the others we have reached in recent months, in a season that must be that of the stipulation of all the expired private and public contracts that affect millions of workers" concludes Furlan. 



King David: extraordinary result


"After 4 days of non-stop negotiations, an agreement was reached today for the renewal of the national metalworkers' contract", whose "heart is represented by the increase in wages and the reform of the professional classification".

This was underlined by the general secretary of Fiom-Cgil, Francesca Re David, highlighting that "at the end of a long mediation a salary increase of 100 euros was defined for the third level and 112 euros for the fifth level on the contractual minimums for the period which runs from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2024 ".

With the new contract, he continues, "we have carried out the updating and revision of the professional classification, adapting it to the profound technological and organizational transformations that have taken place since 1973, the date from which the current position dates back to today. The first, important result is represented from the overcoming of the first level starting from 1 June 2021 and thousands of workers will pass into the current second level ".

The contract just signed "is an extraordinary result for us. Tomorrow morning the central committee of Fiom-Cgil will meet and after the meeting of the unitary bodies, the hypothesis of an agreement will be illustrated in the meetings in the workplace and, finally, submitted to the binding referendum between all male and female workers ", concludes King David.



Bombers: a victory for workers and the union


The signing of the national contract for metalworkers "is a victory for workers and the union who believe in the irreplaceable function of the national contract. An all the more exceptional result if we consider the extremely difficult phase that the country is undergoing. going through. It's a great confidence boost in the future. "

This is the comment of the general secretary of UIL, Pierpaolo Bombardieri.

The wage increase "achieved is really significant and enhances the work of a leading sector of the national economy that will derive an overall benefit from this element. In short, good news for which we are grateful to the entire category of metalworkers", he concludes the leader of Uil.