Pensions, labor costs, taxes and extra profits. These are the issues at the heart of the first round of confrontation between the unions – CGIL, CISL and UIL and for the first time also the UGL – and the Meloni government in Palazzo Chigi. “Our approach is one of total openness and respect,” the prime minister assured union leaders. A modality that convinced Paolo Capone, from Ugl, according to which it was “a broad confrontation without closings”, and Luigi Sbarra, secretary of the CISL, who called it “an important meeting”, applauding the prime minister’s willingness to dialogue. CGIL and UIL are more cautious. The trial of Maurizio Landini “is suspended” because “so far we have not received any answer on the merits”. Pierpaolo Bombardieri echoes it, leaving Piazza Colonna and says: “We are waiting to see the government’s responses to our proposals”.
Among the most urgent dossiers to be addressed, the pension reform stands out: in January – without corrections or interventions – the five-year ladder foreseen by the Fornero law arrives. For now, it does not seem that the government, in the budget law, makes “extraordinary decisions”, but the unions expect a confrontation “before or immediately after the maneuver”, said Bombardieri. However, the will to reason given by Meloni, underlined Sbarra, “is wide”, precisely to avoid the dreaded staircase. Then there is the chapter on the cost of labor, where Uil asked “immediately to tax the thirteenth, contractual increases and those arising from second-level negotiation, and again reduce the tax burden.” A problem also highlighted by Meloni herself, according to which the taxation of work is “a big brake” with “interest rates that go up again”. A situation “is not easy what we find, but – he said – let’s face it”. Landini’s position is dry on the tax side: no to the fixed tax, yes to a “serious” tax reform, no to the “amnesty policy”, yes to a real fight against tax evasion, because “that’s where we can get additional ” to the 30 billion indicated in Nadef. In parallel with the tough fight against tax evasion, another useful tool for unions could be an extra tax on extra profits, which would bring a ‘treasure’ of at least ’14 billion more per year if applied to 35% not just for companies that deal with energy”, calculated Bombardieri.
Source: IL Tempo
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