Ducati and the unions reach agreement on the "Supplementary and participation contract"

Ducati – In the end the historic agreement between Ducati and Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cils and Uilm-Uil has been signed. One hundred hires, Sunday work, incentives and productivity bonuses. It took a year and a half and a fifteen-hour resolution meeting, which ended at one in the morning, to reach an agreement on the “Supplementary and participation contract”.

The next phase will be approval by the workers' assemblies which will then translate into a vote in the company. Nothing compared to the process that led to the first approval step. The contents should be easily accepted and then assimilated by the workers of Borgo Panigale. In addition to the introduction of the Sunday shift, the agreement also introduces in Bologna the "Charter of employment relations within the Volkswagen Group“, one of the most advanced forms of company-worker relations.

"This agreement introduces an advanced system of labor relations based on the principles of the Labor Relations Charter within the Volkswagen Group at the Borgo Panigale plant“, explain the unions. “Also through the establishment of specific discussion sessions, an active role of the RSU and the introduction of specific joint technical commissions on all areas of corporate life". The Charter introduces specific bilateral and permanent commissions, made up of employees and employers, with the task of regulating company life and reducing conflict.

There would also be provisions in the agreement 100 permanent hires to be spread over the next three years and a strategic investment plan on the site, products and production processes for a total value of 160 million euros again in the three-year period 2015-2017. Furthermore, there are individual rewards for an average of 2.700 euros per year and a more dense system of individual rights.