Maneuver: Fiom strike divides blue suits, CGIL, CISL and UIL towards ‘long’ mobilization

The 8-hour strike package decided by Fiom against a maneuver that does not give answers to union requests returns to divide the blue overalls of Cgil Cisl and Uil after a long common journey and a recent unitary contract renewal, which has always been a test bed for relationships between categories. Fim and Uilm, in fact, displaced by a decision not shared at the outset, while not approving the contents of the maneuver launched yesterday by the government, have distanced themselves from the metalworkers of the CGIL and harshly criticized the decision. A choice that, however, also risks complicating relations between the CGIL, CISL and UIL, which have yet to jointly examine the situation – they will do so tomorrow – but who find themselves with a strike already decided by an important category of workers. At the moment, however, the chat meeting between Landini, Sbarra and Bombardieri should lead to designing a scenario of mobilizations in the medium term with which to accompany Parliament in examining the budget law. No tears for now, as the secretary general of the CISL explicitly asks today. “General strike? I think it is a little premature: let’s avoid leaks forward that risk altering and polluting the united climate. We must think together about how to organize mobilizations that last for weeks in order to create pressure on the parliamentary committees”, he explains. Returning to the metalworkers, the climate appears fiery. Despite a unified decision on the next strike in the Ex Ilva sites on 10 November with a demonstration in Rome, in fact, the tenor of the comments leaves no room for doubt. “A very serious flight forward that of Fiom, without confrontation or prior notice in the unit. A harmful strike that divides metalworkers making them go back years, just as with the exit from the pandemic the need for cohesion is strongly felt in the places of work “, Fim leader Roberto Benaglia comments with Adnkronos. The FIM leader challenges even more “the political choice” upstream of a decision taken “even before the final launch of the budget law” and which, he adds, constitutes “an a priori initiative that weakens the joint action of Cgil Cisl Uil “. Thumbs down also from Uilm. “We do not adhere to any strike package made available by Fiom, but we will move along a path that has seen CGIL CISL and UIL converge on a single platform, from pensions to the tax authorities. Any flight forward by Fiom, on the other hand, instead of strengthening this position weakens it and creates tension “, secretary Rocco Palombella tells Adnkronos.” We therefore hope that the forward flight of Fiom does not produce forcing or divisions on the territories, because it would reopen a phase of confrontation that we had overcome “, he concludes, recalling how the union” will support all the initiatives they decide to implement “. Tomorrow, therefore, the round of union leaders. On the maneuver, however, the judgment does not appear tender. “Vote? 5 minus minus with room for improvement”, says UIL Secretary General, PierPaolo Bombardieri, who reiterates his no to 102. “It is both dry, a mockery, it concerns only 15 thousand people: except for them Basically, Fornero comes back into play. Furthermore, structural problems remain for the future pensions of young people and women “he comments again. But Sbarra also speaks of” few lights and too many shadows “. “The maneuver – he observes – was born unbalanced due to the lack of social dialogue that preceded it. We appreciate some progress made in these hours on non self-sufficiency and social safety nets but 102 is yet another buffer measure towards an inexorable return to the Fornero law “. “An approach that we consider absolutely unacceptable”, he concludes.