The challenge facing business leaders: ‘Company-level agreements for industrial workers’
Piovesana (Treviso) to the trade unions: ‘Make the North-East more competitive’ Vescovi (Vicenza): ‘Veneto is ready to trial the new model of agreements’
The aim is to have collective agreements that are increasingly linked to the local area and individual companies, so that Confindustria is more closely connected at regional level. “The time is ripe to extend company-level collective bargaining in our region to at least 60 per cent of industrial workers, and this will be the most effective measure for social justice in our area,” say in unison Massimo Finco (Padua), Maria Cristina Piovesana (Treviso) and Luciano Vescovi, who heads Confindustria Vicenza, at the joint assembly in Marghera (Venice) attended by around 2,000 participants. The challenge facing this first joint meeting of the three organisations is clear: “Veneto has the right characteristics to trial a new collective bargaining model, thereby contributing to national reform.” This will be achieved by opening up to the trade unions somewhat along German lines (close dialogue but without allowing the organisations to sit on the board of directors) and building on a finding highlighted by sociologist Daniele Marini’s research: over 60 per cent of workers are ready to become entrepreneurs.
