Goal V of this Project

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Involve relevant social partners (top management in the participating transnational groups and EU Employers’ Federations) + Union institutions reps (such as EU Parliament members) in our analysis’ findings in order to strengthen transnational cooperation and support the effectiveness of EU law on employee involvement.

We have been able to involve the EBF (European Banking Federation) as far as its BCESA (Banking Cttee for European Social Affairs) is concerned, with its President Jens Thau and ts member Giancarlo Ferrara also representing ABI the Italian Banking Association . We have also been able to involve the top Management of Unicredit Group and of Intesa SanPaolo Group. The other groups’ management were not available in spite of the efforts made by Uni Finance too in this respect, but we have to take into account that this Project is not a Joint one, it is just a trade-union Project where the employers’ participation can’t be binding at all. In this respect therefore the quality and high level of employers’ participation we have been able to count on did mean a genuine and substantial support to the Project and to its final objectives.

On top of that the E.B.F. had formally endorsed the Project since its very beginning by subscribing and sending us their own engagement letter.

At the same time we ensured the support to our Project by the MEP Brando Benifei who supported past Projects of ours as well.

AGAIN ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF SOCIAL PARTNERS

Even if Intesa SanPaolo responsibles for Industrial Relations participated in one of our Plenaries, we have No Intesa SanPaolo EWC as yet, which clearly shows a stubborn resistence by this Group Management against the opportunity to set up the EWC.

However through this Project, as already remarked, we have been able to set up the Trade-Union Alliance of the Group and we sent the letter to open the procedure to negotiate the setting up of the EWC as per the procudure provided for by the 2009/38 Directive. 

This letter has been signed by the unions from ALL the EU countries where Intesa SanPaolo has got employees. 

In this respect through this Project we have given a strong political input to the setting up of this very EWC. 

Time will tell whether we should use the Subsidiary Requirements to impose this EWC, or we will be able to remove that stubborn resistance and open a normal negotiation.

Mario Ongaro.

Mario Ongaro • Project Manager