The electrical household appliances manufacturer Indesit [1] presented an industrial restructuring [2] plan to trade unions on 4 June 2011, setting out a number of proposals to reorganise its Italian production plants between 2013 and 2015. [1] http://www.indesitcompany.com/inst/en/index.jsp [2] www
On 13 February 2012, the Court of Turin handed out prison sentences to two executives from the asbestos manufacturer Eternit SpA [1]. They were Belgian Baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, aged 91, and Swiss businessman Stephan Schmidheiny, aged 65, each given 16 year prison terms (*IT1202069I* [2]
Finmeccanica [1] is one of the biggest industrial groups in Italy and the Ministry of the Economy controls 30.2% of its shares. [1] http://www.finmeccanica.com/Corporate/EN/index.sdo
Following seven months of negotiations, the new national Collective Agreement for the Electric Sector (in Italian, 2.03Mb PDF) [1] was signed on 18 February 2013. [1] http://www.filctemroma1.it/file/ipotesiccnlelettrico.pdf
On 1 February 2013, the national collective agreement (in Italian, 3.66Mb PDF [1]) for employees working in telecommunications enterprises was renewed. It was signed for the employers by the Italian Employers Association of Telecommunication Operators, ASSOTELECOMUNICAZIONI – ASSTEL [2], and for the
Safilo [1], an Italian group established in the eyewear sector for more than 75 years, is based in Padua and is the second largest manufacturer of eyewear products worldwide in terms of turnover. It is a world leader in the luxury eyewear division and is one of the top three sports eyewear
On 22 May 2012, the basis for the renewal of national collective agreements (NCAs) in the chemical and energy sectors was set out in a document on contract renewal (in Italian, 136Kb PDF) [1] and agreed by the sectoral trade unions: [1] http://www.filctemcgil.it/images/stories/flexicontent/news
Nokia Siemens Networks [1] is one of the leading global providers of telecommunications infrastructure hardware, software and services. It was founded in June 2006 through a joint venture between Nokia’s Network Business Group, a Finnish telecommunications hardware company, and the communications
The Italian agro-food group Parmalat was founded in 1961, initially as a group selling dairy products in the province of Parma. Its financial collapse in 2003 led to the group being held in extraordinary receivership until September 2005 (*IT0411203F* [1]). [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef
Confindustria [1] is the biggest Italian employer association and currently has a membership of 149,288 enterprises employing a total of 5,516,975 workers. [1] http://www.confindustria.it/