Ikea Italy terminated the contract, the employees on strike – The Republic

MILAN – Q & A distance between Ikea Italy and unions . The Swedish multinational furnishing announced the cancellation of the supplementary agreement in force from 2011 triggering the immediate proposals of workers which have held 16-hour strike in 21 Italian stores eight hours of break from work will be decided at the local level, the other eight nationally. “And ‘the first strike after years of constructive relations – said the national secretary of the CGIL Filcams Giuliana Mesina – but cancellation of the contract is the first act of the new CEO, a serious political act”. Especially in the face of accounts in health and after the announcement last October that they intend to hire new staff in Italy.

“It ‘a response disproportionate” says the company spiegado that “the contract integrative continue to be applied given the continuation of the negotiations. ” Cancellation without notice of supplementary contracts of over 6,000 Italian employees – support trade unions – has arrived at a time when the negotiations entered into the heart after being postponed to allow the installation of the new top management (Belen Frau has been appointed to a end of February).

“It is an act incomprehensible and disproportionate because the negotiation is only the opening bars,” says the national secretary of the Cisl Fisascat Vincenzo Dell’Orefice, confirming the meetings already planned for on 12 and 25 June. “I hope that for the Ikea recognize an appropriate treatment in both economic that regulatory to those with their daily supply enabling it to assert an undisputed commercial leadership – said the union – is a lens pursue “.

The company, however,” considers it necessary to review the contents of the Corporate Integration Contract now signed four years ago, “especially since” the economic environment of recent years has radically changed “and it is necessary” to ensure a strong and sustainable future for Ikea in Italy “. The company then recalled “the experience of over 25 years of good labor relations” in the “conviction of reaching a new agreement in the near future through a tight schedule of meetings.” Depart from his company would “foster the development of a trading system informed and participatory and has presented a detailed analysis on the economic union of Ikea in Italy and the disastrous effects of the economic profit of the company ( already the subject of confrontation for more than a year), with the aim of working together on certain issues, safeguarding employment and improving social policies “.

Certainly, though, the economic situation negative does not penalize the Accounts of the Group for the fiscal year 2013-2014 recorded a net profit – total – of 3.3 billion euro by distributing a bonus from 200 million to employees in Under the plan of loyalty. Revenue grew by 2.8% to 29.29 billion Euros, the result of sales of 315 department stores around the world: the stated aim is to reach 50 billion by 2020. In short, these numbers are not appear to be affected by the crisis and just to October last year, presenting the accounts of the leaders of the Italian Ikea Group announced the return to growth by announcing its intention to proceed with new hires.

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