The representation of the workers of the contruction industry in Italy

Filca Cisl

Filca Cisl

It brings together the employees of the following sector:• construction;• lumber trade;• Building materials (cement, cement hand-

manufactured goods, brick, quarries, sand, marble, agglomerated marble

It is the Italian Trade Union Federationrepresenting workers of the construction

business and alike

Filca Cisl

It conts

292.837 Affiliated workers(figures of 2008)

It is present in al Italian provinces with it own indipendent bases

It has more than 600 full-time union organisers

It can rely upon more than 5000 representatives and activists who operate in factories and building-sites

It adheres Cisl – Italian Trade Union FederationWhich brings toghether all categories of workers and pensioners from the

Industrial, trading, agricultural, civil service and craft sectors

The representative systemthe R.S.U.

Unitary Representatives of Trades UnionsThey from an elective pluralistic and unitary union body

which provides comprehensive representation

They are elected by the workers in firms with more than

15 employees and they represent, whitin the firm,

both the workers and the trade union

The representative system Member of the General Boards

Other importantfigures within the

representative system are

The member of theGeneral Boards Filca

The Congress It is held once every 4 years It is attended by the representative

members It has the function of electing the

General Board

The General Board It meets al leats 3 times every years It is responsible for the organisation

and it takes decisions it between the meeting

La segreteriaThe General Board votes for the general secretary and secretariat to look after the ordinary and administrative activities and that will be charge for 4 years

Forms for protection and representation

The aimThe aim of the Filca is to improve and safeguard the quality of life of its members – and of all workers – form an economic and professional

point of view focusing also on their health and safety

Protection and representation are provided through the

Bargaining Contract managament Individual and collective assistance Cosultation with the istitutions and the Call for Tender Delivery of services by means of designed structures

Forms for protection and representation

Protection and representation take place alsothrough

INFORMATIVE ACTIVITIES

Planning and management of trade union meeting Presence in thousand of territorial bases Publishing activity (informative pamphlets and newspaper) Costant updating of the websites

Representation and safety

R.L.S Workers Representative

For Safety

An employee of the company, responsible for the safety inside the company and the company’s sites

He/she is elected within the R.S.U. – Unitary Representatives of the Trade Union

R.L.S.T Workers Representatives for

Territorial for Safety

A figure – paid whit a small cost – to be paid by the companies

They monitor the security of the employee and are present on the workplace. They refers to the companies and their advisers

They operate at territorial level

Representative and joint committees

They are endorsed by contracts

The National Contract: it fixes the basic rules of functioning

The Provincial Contracts: they implement their functions and agree on the administrative part

Thei aim at the managing of the

Contract Vocational training Health and Safety in the workplace

Joint CommitteesStructure and organisation

Every commitee is present at a provincial level, it is autonomous and coordinated by a national commitee

It is controlled by a bilateral Boards of directors formed by:

Workers Organisation

They hold the vice-presidency

Employers Organisation

They hold the presidency

Every decision, financial operation or administrative act must be approved and signed by both bodies

The Joint Committees

The joint corporations are

Construction Funds

Construction Schools

C.P.T. ( Territorial Corporation Committees)

Joint committeesConstruction Funds

Allocate some salary benefits: annual leave, year-and-bonus, monthly salary, salary supplements in case of industrial injury or sick leave, old age construction pension

Organize some walfare servicies: scholarships and supplementary health cheques

Other service: injury and invalidity benefits, dependent relatives benefits etc.

Issue the D.U.R.C.: the Single Document of Contribution Regularity, which attests the regularity of companies’ contribution

They are coordinated by the CNCE ( National Commision Construction Funds)

Joint committees Construction Schools

Direct and control the vocational training of both apprentices and more experienced personnel through the creation of:

They supervise the Health and Safety Training Provide the training for newly employed people in the

sector: 16 hours of training on the issues of security and professionalism

They operate by means of contractual and public funding (the latter issued by Regions and Provincies)

General training courses ( e.g. specilised worker, construction-sites engineers)

Specific training courses ( e.g. crane driver, carpenter) Training course on specific techniques (e.g. venetian

plaster, brick constructions, water enamels)

They are coordinate at a national level by the FORMEDIL

Joint committees C.P.T. ( Territorial Joint Commitees)

Provide guidance to the companies on safety issues with the assistance of technicians and by visitin to the construction-sites

Offer advice on the correct implementation of the laws in force about safety

Provide, in collaboration with the Construction Scools, the training of the employers responsible for the security, the “security thechnicians” and the people responsible for accidents prevention in the companies

They are coordinated by the CNCT (National Commision of the C.P.T )

Contractual System The National Contract

It is renewed every 4 years

It sets:

It fixes the subjects and modalities in which the provincial negotiation has to be developed

It supervises the activity and functioning of the Joint Committees: statutes, budgets, contributory limits.

The minimum wages Job posting for the blue collars workers and white collars

workers The rights system: annual leave, preservation of the job

position, bad weather redundancy funds, right to education, indemnity for unconfortable jobs and extra hours

Contractual SystemThe Provincial Contract

It is normally renewed every 4 years ( two years after the beginning of national contract)

It does:

Regulate the working hours Fixs the second level salary on the base of certain criteria

depending on the local productivity and on the performance of the sector

Fixs some indemnities for unconfortable jobs and jobs in tunnel

Fix modalities for being on secondament and travelling allowances

Define the canteen and trasport services Define the modalities of management and contributions

for the joint committees

Contractual System The bargaining of the deposit

It is particular kind of bargaining which is done before getting going ”grand works”

It more or less regards: The logistic of building-site The respect of the health and safety laws Working hours and shifts Additional salary benefits