• Alitalia, February salaries will be paid late

  • Alitalia, unions alarm: "February salaries at risk"

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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea

February 24, 2021 "Answers on the crisis in air transport". This is what Draghi Filt Cgil and Uiltrasporti are asking the new government, announcing for Thursday 25 February a national demonstration in Rome in Montecitorio square starting at 10.30, in the presence of General secretaries of Filt CGIL, Stefano Malorgio and Uiltrasporti, Claudio Tarlazzi. Also present at the protest was the leader of CGIL, Maurizio Landini.



"

Air transport

- the unions denounce -

is a

dramatic situation

with dozens of companies in crisis and in liquidation such as Alitalia, Air Italy, Norwegian, Ernest, Blue Panorama, airports, handling companies, catering and related industries are also in serious crisis.

As a result, 40,000 permanent jobs are at immediate risk, as well as 10,000 seasonal and fixed-term jobs ”.



In addition, the two transport trade unions of the CGIL and UIL explain: "

From the new Executive we

immediately

expect

a forum for discussion on the crisis in the sector

, the extension of the redundancy block, adequate social safety nets for overcoming the crisis, a reform of the sector against social dumping and wild competition, investments in strategic industrial projects to guarantee the future of workers and companies, and a clear stance towards Europe to guarantee the payment of the salaries of Alitalia workers in AS and for to start the Newco Alitalia Ita as soon as possible. " 



The

delay in the payment

of salaries for the month of February for Alitalia employees was announced to the unions on 23 February by the extraordinary commissioner of the airline in extraordinary administration, Giuseppe Leongrande, in course of the meeting with the category acronyms



Inps, on Alitalia n

no delay or non-fulfillment not attributable to us

The INPS denies its responsibility for delays in the payment of salaries or non-fulfillment towards Alitalia.

The Social Security Institute specifies this in a note: "Alitalia is currently a beneficiary of Extraordinary Redundancy Fund, by virtue of ministerial authorization which provides for the payment of the benefit in advance by the Company and subsequently adjusted by the Company with the contributions due to the Institute. For the possible transfer to direct payment of the Cigs by the Institute, the Company knows that the request must be made to the Ministry of Labor. Given that the Institute has not received any updates in this regard, no delay or other type of impedimental will can be attributed to the Institute on the matter ".



Furthermore, "With regard to alleged delays in payments to Alitalia workers by the Institute on the supplementary benefit to be paid by the Air Transport Fund, the Company sent on 12 and 13 February 2021 the useful data for the calculation for the year 2021 , on which the INPS immediately pointed out to the Company, on February 16, some obvious inconsistencies and possible inaccuracies, inviting it to make a correction that would allow the services to be quickly provided, a request further renewed in a technical meeting held yesterday, February 23. correction of the data relates, in particular, to the salary items to which to refer to identify the extent of the services which, by express provision of the interministerial decree governing the matter, must be within the 12 months prior to the request for access to the supplementary service ".