Susanna Camusso, the leader of
Italy's biggest trade-union confederation, the leftwing CGIL,
said Tuesday that the union will take action on December 2 due
to the "great inadequacies" of the government's proposals on
pensions and retirement.
But the big three trade unions were split, with UIL and CISL
expressing satisfaction after talks with Premier Paolo
Gentiloni's government.
CGIL wants an increase in the retirement age to 67, set to
kick in in 2019, to be postponed, saying many people doing heavy
jobs should be exempted.
Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has offered some
adjustments, but said the structure of the pension system, with
the retirement age increasing on the basis of life expectancy,
cannot be made without damaging the sustainability of the
system.
Annamaria Furlan, the leader of the CISL trade union
confederation, said Tuesday that it had given the thumbs up to a
package of measures for pensions and retirement proposed by the
government.
"The CISL considers the path outlined by the government and
the summaries made to be absolutely positive," Furlan said.
"And so the evaluation of the path and the work done is
positive too".
UIL leader Carmelo Barbagallo said that he did not think the
trade unions could have gotten any more out of the government on
the issue of pensions and retirement.
"We have concluded this path and we saw a synthesis note
implemented by the government, thus winning some of the
clarifications we had asked for," Barbagallo said.
"If we start from the assessment that the resources are
scarce, we have achieved the maximum possible with the given
economic conditions. We have opened an element of flexibility
into the rigidity of the Fornero (pension reform) law".
Gentiloni told trade unions on Tuesday that the government
had prepared a "very significant, sustainable" package during
talks on pensions and retirement, sources present at the meeting
said.
"From our point of view, it's a good result - a result in
which the agreement of the trade-union world is an important
requisite," Gentiloni said, according to the sources.
"We often speak about the importance of dialogue with unions
and businesses. Dialogue is strong when it produces results".
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