in June 123 euros (and not 27) thanks to inflation – Corriere.it

The increases for metalworkers are coming. In June, the paycheck will grow by 123 euros and not just 27. Given the data on inflation for 2022, Federmeccanica, Assistal and Fim, Fiom and Uilm have defined the amount of the increase for the third contractual tranche, which is paid to June to 1.5 million metal workers. The extra increase linked to the “safeguard clause”, won two years ago with the signing of the National Collective Labor Agreement.

The inflation clause

It was envisaged that if the inflation recorded in the final balance was higher than that established at the time of signing the Contract, this would have an impact on the lows. This makes it possible to obtain increases in excess of the 27 euros agreed at the time of stipulation. Metalworkers will enjoy an increase on the minimums of 123.40 euros on average per month, equal to 6.6 percentage points (96.4 euros more than expected).

More flexible contracts

Roberto Benaglia, general secretary of Fim-Cisl says: It is a positive solution, unique in the contractual panorama of our country, original and the result of an innovative and mature contract. Determining wage increases during and not only at the end of the contract is a pragmatic and very useful choice. With this formula, we put robust economic support into the pay packets of metalworkers, immediately recovering the purchasing power eroded by inflation, without having to wait for the contract to expire in a year. The basic idea is to make contracts more flexible tools to respond to workers’ needs.

Of course – continues the trade unionist – this important result leaves open an overall check on the defense of the entire purchasing power of pay slips, which will be checked at the end of the contract. The maintenance of payroll is central with respect to high prices. We will set up the next contractual platform with two wage objectives: to reaffirm the full defense of the purchasing power typical of the role of the National Collective Labor Agreements and to reacquire that increase in real wages linked to the value of the work and to the reform of the classification that we had agreed that the rise in inflation has burned, he concludes.