Assaereo, the chapter of the
industrial employers' group Confindustria that includes
Alitalia, on Tuesday summoned unions to talks on the renewal of
the national labour contract starting at 16:30 tomorrow. The
decision was taken after this morning's meeting between Industry
Minister Carlo Calenda and Alitalia CEO Cramer Ball, sources
said. Unions have said they will go ahead with a strike on
Thursday unless Alitalia management agrees to reduce jobs cuts
in a restructuring plan for the loss-making airline, to be
presented at the beginning of March. According to the Italian
media, Alitalia will seek some 2,000 job cuts after losing some
500 million euros last year. The cost-cutting plan will
reportedly seek 160 million euros a year in savings.
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