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unions are preparing to negotiate new four-year contracts to
replace ones that expire at the end of 2022. They cover almost
70,000 workers in Italy, two thirds of them at the former
Fiat-Chrysler, which last year merged with France's PSA to
create Stellantis.
Europe's cost-of-living crisis is putting upward pressure on
wage inflation as companies across the continent face demands
from workers to cushion the impact of rising prices. Consumer
prices rose 8.9% year on year in Italy in September.
Labour representatives were also demanding wage increases of
4.5% for 2024 and 2.5% for 2025, the FIM-CISL, UILM, Fismic,
UGLM and AQCF unions said in a joint statement, adding that
reliable inflation estimates were not yet available for 2026.
Gianluca Ficco of the UILM union said that requests would change
if inflation estimates change.
"We need to start talks as soon as possible to achieve a timely
contract renewal," Ficco said, presenting the proposal to union
delegates in Rome, who will have to approve them on Oct. 18-19.
Spokespeople for Stellantis and Iveco said they would not make
any comment until unions have filed a formal request, in coming
days or weeks.
The Agnelli family's holding company Exor is a major shareholder
in carmakers Stellantis and Ferrari, truckmaker Iveco and
agricultural and construction machine maker CNH Industrial. All
four groups share the same specific basic contract for most of
their Italian employees.
This is separate from a national contract for workers in other
parts of the metal and mechanical sector.
Stellantis, whose brands include Fiat, Peugeot, Jeep, Alfa Romeo
and Opel, said last month it would provide a one-off bonus worth
up to 1,400 euros to most of its employees in France to help
them cope with surging inflation.
(Writing by Giulio Piovaccari, editing by Gianluca Semeraro and
Keith Weir)
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