Eternit opened its first asbestos production plant in Italy, the biggest in Europe, in 1907 at Casale Monferrato in Piemonte. Later, complexes were opened at Cavagnolo in Piemonte, Rubiera in Emilia Romagna, and Bagnoli in the province of Naples.
The global financial crisis has put the Italian banking sector under increasing pressure. A new sectoral National Collective Agreement (NCA) to replace the one that had expired in December 2010 was, however, concluded quite quickly and without conflict. The new agreement was reached on 19 January
A report on women and employment (in Italian, 550Kb PDF) [1] was presented at a public meeting about women and work hosted by the National Council for Economic Affairs and Labour (CNEL [2]). In all, four studies that highlighted persistent and serious problems for women in Italy’s labour market have
During the assignment of the first contract for construction work at the site of the 2015 Universal Exposition, which will take place in Milan, a draft agreement was signed covering health and safety requirements. It takes its lead from the health and safety pact signed in 2008 covering building
The General Confederation of Italian Workers (CGIL [1]) is the largest Italian trade union organisation with more than 5.7 million members. Its executive board elected Susanna Camusso as general secretary on 3 November 2010, when Guglielmo Epifani retired after eight years at the helm. [1] http:/
On 4 and 27 October, the representative trade unions and employer organisations met atABI [1]) in order to prepare for a new social pact. [1] http://www.abi.it/
The two-year period 2008–2009 was one of the most complex for industrial relations since the Second World War. The economic crisis mainly hit the manufacturing sectors with a consequential loss of jobs which was not, however, always proportional to the drop in production levels. According to the
The General Confederation of Italian Workers (Cgil [1]) is Italy’s largest trade union organisation with more than 5.7 million members. The confederation’s 16th congress (in Italian) [2] in Rimini took place during the serious global financial crisis and amid tensions between Cgil and the other two
The construction sector in Italy has been badly affected by the economic crisis. In 2009, there were 20,000 redundancies and investments declined by 10%. Against this background, a new national collective agreement for the construction sector was signed on 19 April 2010.
The tourism industry is particularly complex, characterised by a high level of seasonal employment or fixed-term contracts and a high level of female employment. The sector, which has been heavily hit by the financial crisis, is very important in Italy from an economic perspective, due to the