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Following months of tension that culminated in strike action on ‘Black Friday’ and a summit meeting between the Labor Minister Giuliano Poletti, the Vice President of Amazon European Operations, Roy Perticucci, the subsidiary of the US online giant and trade unions got back together and renewed dialogue on the issue of work organization at the Castel Sangiovanni distribution facility near Piacenza. The first meeting was held on 19 February at the Prefecture between representatives of Amazon and the trade union bodies, Filcams-Cgil, Fisascat-Cisl, Uiltucs, Ugl Terziario and Nidil Cgil. According to Filcams this marks “a first step in the right direction.” A further meeting is scheduled for 05 March 2018 and the roadmap that was set out during the initial meeting should enable the social partners to agree upon a new work organization template by the end of March. Included on the negotiation agenda are working hours (especially nighttime work and weekend work) and holidays. “We are cognizant of the fact that Amazon has to operate on a continuous basis but we also believe that this type of production has to work alongside achieving a work-life balance,” stated Fiorenzo Molinari, the Filcams Piacenza secretary, who also emphasized the requirement of preserving worker health. Prefect, Maurizio Falco who played a key role in getting dialogue restarted and who chaired the 19 February meeting expressed his satisfaction to the local press, believing that “the new ways of understanding would not in principle be challenged,” by workers representatives, but at the same time that companies “cannot envisage” acting “independently of minimum legal standards and workers’ dignity.”
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