Rome, November 6, 2023 – A strike is also expected in December for workers in the tourism industry awaiting the renewal of the national contract that expired in 2018, involving over 200,000 employees of large hotel chains and tour operators. The strike—with the proclamation of a state of strike, a ban on any form of flexible working hours, and a demonstration scheduled for the coming weeks—is being announced by the sector unions Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl, and Uiltucs.

Paid union meetings will be held immediately in the workplace to update workers on the outcome of the negotiations and the unacceptable positions taken by the trade unions AICA and Federturismo-Confindustria, which are currently preventing the achievement of a decent renewal agreement for those working in the sector.

"More than four years after the expiration of the Tourism Contract signed by Aica-Federturismo Confindustria," the joint union statement reads, "the same employers' associations that signed the contract refuse to engage in a full discussion on wages aimed at renewing the contract."

The document emphasizes that "the sense of responsibility assumed by workers throughout the summer period, characterized on the one hand by heavy workloads and on the other by attempts to reach a resolution to the negotiations, was also disappointed at the last meeting held on October 30, 2023."

"Wage demands, aimed at securing contractual increases in line with inflation as measured by the HICP, have been completely ignored," is the unions' attack, which also criticizes the failure to comply with the inter-confederal agreements signed in 2019, which established "a functional link between the remuneration of workers and the HICP index."

"The negotiations conducted in recent months," the union statement continues, "have primarily concerned regulatory aspects, over which some uncertainties currently remain. However, the unions believe this should not jeopardize the outcome of negotiations regarding economic aspects, knowing that in 2022, as well as throughout 2023, inflation has severely eroded the purchasing power of those working in the sector."

WE ARE RIGHT WITH THE CONTRACT, IT'S TIME FOR RENEWALS!

Editorial Staff: Fisascat Cisl