Workers at Italy\u2019s opera-symphonic foundations have voted to accept the terms of a renewed collective agreement in the sector, ending a 20-year impasse in negotiations with employers.<\/p>\n
The agreement with UNI Global Union affiliates, SLC-CGIL and FISTEL-CISL, together with other unions representing workers in the sector, comes after workers took successive strike action at the premiere of every opera since 17 October 2023.<\/p>\n
After lengthy negotiations, the parties agreed to split the renewal into two phases, the first covering the years 2019-2020-2021 and the second covering 2022-2023-2024. The first phase provides a 4 per cent monthly wage increase starting from January 2024, a one-off payment of 8 per cent of the average salary, as well as other bonuses. The unions will now begin negotiating new terms and wage increases for the second phase.<\/p>\n
Significantly, the economic bargaining period is now linked to the civil service negotiations, which take place every three years.<\/p>\n
Riccardo Fazioli from FISTEL-CISL said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThis is a good agreement and an important first step to see us getting back to the norm of negotiating a new contract every three years. The climate has changed, and we have shown that we are determined to build our union movement and keep on improving salaries and working conditions.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Johannes Studinger, Head of UNI Media, Entertainment & Arts, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe courageous actions by striking opera workers made a big impact and forced employers to come to the bargaining table. We congratulate our affiliates SLC-CGIL and FISTEL-CISL and all the unions involved, and trust that employers will show willing to negotiate in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Workers at Italy\u2019s opera-symphonic foundations have voted to accept the terms of a renewed collective agreement in the sector, ending a 20-year impasse in negotiations with employers. The agreement with UNI Global Union affiliates, SLC-CGIL and FISTEL-CISL, together with other unions representing workers in the sector, comes after workers took successive strike action at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"topics":[],"sectors":[73],"projects":[],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"global-issues":[],"regions":[136,98],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n