The head of the FILT CGIL air
transport union, Nino Cortorillo, on Tuesday denied there would
be talks with Confindustria air chapter Assaereo on Alitalia
contract renewals today and confirmed a strike involving
Alitalia, airport and handling companies, as well as foreign
airline ground staff from 14:00 to 18:00 tomorrow.
"We want contract talks without ultimatums or blackmail," he
said amid management suggestions that job cuts would be worsened
by industrial action.
Industry Minister Carlo Calenda called for the resumption of
union-management talks, saying "the most important thing is that
there is a return to a more harmonious way of working between
the management and unions, and above all talks".
Alitalia is set to present a business plan expected to
contain up to 2,000 jobs cuts at the start of next month after
posting a 500-million-euro loss in 2016.
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