Italy: banking sector employers pitted against trade unions over bank branch closures

On 16 March 2020 Italy’s banking sector social partners signed a protocol document to combat the coronavirus and protect both workers and customers. While the sector’s trade unions were calling for total branch closures for a period of two weeks, the executive committee of the employers’ body, the Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI), which met on 18 March, opted for an intermediate response involving a sharp reduction in customer access to the branch offices. Trade unions are ready to take action and are appealing directly to the government.

Through . Published on 19 March 2020 à 14h30 - Update on 19 March 2020 à 15h43

The ABI’s decision. Following a long meeting on 18 March, the executive committee of the banking sector’s employers’ body, the ABI approved a protocol document that was signed on Monday evening 16 March by the sector’s trade unions: Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca, and Unisin. However the ABI did not take up the trade unions’ primary demand, namely a full two-week nationwide bank branch closure. The ABI did concede that ‘the situation in the highly contagious areas did require that extraordinary measures be taken in order to protect people,’ which did leave the option open for potential branch closures in the zones most affected by the virus.…

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