Negotiations for the renewal began today in Rome of the Single National Collective Labour Agreement for industry expiring on 31 December. In a note, the employers' associations (Confitarma, Assarmatori, Assorimorchiatori and Federimorchiatori), also considering the joint work of streamlining and rationalization of the regulatory part carried out In the last renewals, they have made it known that they have shared the trade unions' perspective of an agreement as far as possible possible rapid, but highlighting the incidence of context (from the international war scenarios with their consequences on the global economy, to recent pronouncements case law on issues that undermine the value of the collective bargaining) which cannot be ignored.

The parties agreed on a full calendar of meetings dedicated to the individual contractual sections that will start from the next week.