After a dispute that has remained open for several years, the 120 thousand local public transport employees have their new contract which, for the economic part only, will bring an increase of 110 euros and a one-off payment of 500 euros to cover the long contractual holiday. The previous Autoferrotranvieri-Internavigatori contract (Tpl area mobility) had in fact expired in 2017 and was followed by a negotiation lasting over four years, characterized by many protests. The latest, withdrawn after the agreement reached by Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Faisa-Cisal and Ugl-Fna and by the employers’ side, was scheduled for May 30th. «Finally renewed the national collective bargaining agreement for local public transport. It had expired in 2017, too long, especially in times of inflation. We will work as in this case to support the parties and arrive quickly at renewals, ”writes on twitter the Minister of Labor and Social Policies, Andrea Orlando.
The validity and the overall increase
The new contract is effective from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. The increase of 110 euros is divided between 90 euros for the monthly average table increase, 8 euros which will constitute the new holiday allowance that will be paid on each day used for a total of 25/26 days per year and 12 euros per month for supplementary healthcare, starting from 1 January 2023. Agreement was also reached on the one-off payment of 500 euros for the contractual holiday.
Il referendum
The hypothesis of an agreement will now be submitted to the workers’ referendum and in the meantime, however, the protest called for May 30th has been suspended. In the renewal, the regulatory aspects were not addressed on the merits, which were de facto postponed to what will be the next renewal. The latter will have to address the important challenges that await local public transport, pending the long-awaited reform of the sector. According to what the unions explain in a note, the reform has “stopped in parliament since Professor Bernardo Mattarella handed over the results of the related study commission he chaired to the Chambers in September 2021”.