A deal with the government on
averting a pension-age hike to 67 for certain categories of
workers is still "far off," CGIL union leader Susanna Camusso
said Friday.
Camusso said that in talks with Economy Minister Pier Carlo
Padoan Thursday "we tried to see whether there were the
conditions to change the mechanism with respect to life
expectancy and identify what are the various jobs that don't
permit an infinite extension of working lives."
But she said "it's still all to be done".
On Thursday Padoan said he principle of raising the
Italian pension age to 67 "remains confirmed".
He said a negotiating "table" had been set up on heavy jobs
"to see whether we can detach them from the automatic hike
mechanism" in 2019.
Padoan went on to say there was a "possibility" to improve
the age-hiking mechanism laid down in a controversial 2011
reform named after then labour minister Elsa Fornero.
He said this could be done while respecting the budget
parameters set to keep the system sustainable in the long term.
Camussdo, whose CGIL is Italy's biggest and most leftwing
union, said the unions would verify if there was a "real
willingness" on the part of the government to change the
mechanism and differentiate between jobs in another meeting on
November 13.
Labour Minister Giuliano Poletti said earlier this week there
needed to be talks "on a scientific basis" on the list of heavy
jobs with higher mortality rates that could be exempted from the
hike in the retirement age, so that those workers can retire
earlier than 67.
There has recently been talk of putting off the pension-age
hike, which is currently set to be triggered in summer 2019.
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