The world of cooperative credit is starting the process of renewing the national collective bargaining agreement with a new face, which, yesterday, the top management of Federcasse represented to the banking unions. With the implementation of the 2016-2018 reform, the birth of the Iccrea cooperative banking group, the Cassa Centrale group and the IPS Raiffeisen in the province of Bolzano, the world of cooperative credit “has profoundly revisited its profile, its skills , its organizational structure, concentrating its commitment on three fundamental axes: institutional representation towards national, European and international authorities supported by an indispensable function of statistical analysis and economic research, trade union relations and cooperative review on the mutual banks and development of mutualistic culture and practice “, explained the president of Federcasse Augusto dell’Erba, meeting the general secretaries of all the trade unions, Lando Sileoni (Fabi), Riccardo Colombani (First Cisl), Nino Baseotto (Fisac Cgil), Fulvio Furlan (Uilca), Ennio Occhipinti (Ugl Credito). For the trade unions, the national agreement of the cooperative credit banks must be preserved, as well as the identity value that must remain so even with the evolution of the new distribution models.
From the system data communicated to the trade unions, there are 28,808 employees in cooperative credit, down by 0.5%, against the decline of 2.9% in the banking industry. The employees of the entire credit cooperative, including those of the system companies, however, exceed 34 thousand. On the other hand, there are 4,187 branches, equal to 18.6% of Italian bank branches, present in 2,592 municipalities, in 687 of which they are the only banking presence. Certified loans amounted to 136.9 billion, up 5.6% annually, compared with + 2.1% for the rest of the banking industry, and with a market share of 7.6%. Total deposits amounted to 237.5 billion, up by 8.7% against the + 2% of the rest of the banking industry. Assets reached € 21.2 billion, up 3.3% against a 2.2% decline in the rest of the banking industry). The average system Cet 1 reached 18.9%, Tier 1 19.1% and the total capital ratio 19.6%.
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With these numbers, the mutual banks are preparing to face the phase of renewal of the national collective bargaining agreement. In this regard, the president of the trade union delegation Matteo Spanò highlighted the productivity and significance of trade union relations in the last three years and reiterated the centrality of trade union relations even in the management of the most serious phase of the pandemic. «Trade union relations – said Spanò – are confirmed as a strategic tool for the development of cooperative credit and for the regulation of its specificities. The protocols and agreements signed during the pandemic emergency together with the trade unions testify to a proven capacity for dialogue that has made it possible to overcome demanding and unprecedented challenges ». A new phase is now beginning, because, as Spanò explained, “we are now at the gates of the renewal of the national employment contract”. On the part of Federcasse there is “the willingness to open discussions with the trade unions, across the board and taking into consideration the general scenario – continues Spanò -. In this context, we would also like to discuss issues concerning the country system and more closely our communities: ecological transition, depopulation, generation gap and decline in the birth rate ».