Negotiations between the labor organizations Fp-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Fiadel and the Employers’ Associations Cisambiente, Assoambiente, and Central Cooperatives for the renewal of the CCNL of Environmental Services have been stalled since August 1, 2025. Despite months of inconclusive negotiations, employers and businesses, overlooking the proposals of the union platform, demonstrated a complete lack of willingness to renew the contract. This impasse led the unions to announce a national strike on October 17, 2025, that will involve all public and private sector companies.
The labor organizations believe that it’s urgent and necessary to renew CCNL in order to respond to changes in the sector and the needs to safeguard the rights and protections of sector workers. The reasons for the strike as stated by the unions mainly include issues of work safety and health, development of staff classification, adjustment of wages affected by inflation, improving protection for workers of both plants and contracts, the development of corporate welfare and a compensation system, and finally the strengthening of the right to strike.
The labor unions strongly oppose any attempt to transform the contract into a device that promotes precariousness or unregulated flexibility, consequently reducing the protections and rights of workers. Their objective is to secure a contract that encourages growth and cohesion among all the sector’s stakeholders.
In the face of the employer associations’ reluctance to agree to the proposed terms, the unions have deemed it necessary to hold a national strike on October 17, 2025, as a protest and demand for their rights. They believe this will put the necessary pressure on the Employers’ Associations to facilitate a better negotiation outcome. The strike, involving all public and private companies in the sector, aims at ensuring the welfare of the workers and their right to a fair and well-regulated working environment.
Their gripes range from issues related to general work safety, to wage adjustments to reflect the current rate of inflation. Other concerns include the need for improved protection measures for both contracted workers and plant workers, the development of corporate welfare, the assurance of a reliable compensation system, and ultimately the need to fortify workers’ right to strike without fear of recrimination.
The unions have expressed their resistance to any contract that promotes unregulated flexibility and precariousness, as such conditions could pose a threat to worker security. Thus, they vigorously object to any proposal that might allow the contract to be used as a tool to undermine the rights of workers and reduce their work protections. Their key goal is to achieve a contract that fosters growth and cohesion among all the workers in the sector.
