{"id":12266,"date":"2024-01-22T15:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=12266"},"modified":"2024-01-22T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:12:28","slug":"italian-opera-workers-secure-first-collective-agreement-in-20-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/italian-opera-workers-secure-first-collective-agreement-in-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian opera workers secure first collective agreement in 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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>\r\n<p>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>\r\n<p>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>\r\n<p>Significantly, the economic bargaining period is now linked to the civil service negotiations, which take place every three years.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Riccardo Fazioli from FISTEL-CISL said:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\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>\r\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>Johannes Studinger, Head of UNI Media, Entertainment &amp; Arts, said: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\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>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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