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On 23rd, 24th and 25th May 2012 the first plenary meeting of Unicredit European Works Council took place in Milan, Italy.



This EWC has been active since 2007 and counts 44 members from 20 countries, including members from Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.



At the end of the three days meeting, two documents were approved and released by Unicredit EWC.

These documents - available in italian, german and english - are here attached.



As a consequence of the austerity packages due to the financial crisis, many EWC members from different countries reported that negotiations of collective agreements with the employer or the national employers' associations are becoming more and more difficult, especially on salary increases.



As part of its strategy, the EWC adopted a motion supporting the workers of Unicredit Group and their Unions in their struggle.



In the second document, the EWC expresses which priorities the Group's Top Management should keep in mind, especially when facing very hard times like the present ones. First of all, the importance of workforce.



UNI Finance is active in this EWC with two experts, Lucia Peveri and Klaus Gruenewald.



UNI aims the strenghening and development of Social Dialogue and invites UNICREDIT to conclude negotiations with affiliate unions:

Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue are valuable tools to face the current situation.

Companies, as UNICREDIT, have the possibility to lead an important role in recovering Europe from the crisis, through their operation across the european perimeter, supporting the real economy and growth.

Paying good wages to their employees is the first step to achieve it.



UNI invites UNICREDIT to continue the discussion on the Global Framework Agreement: Dialogue is to be kept open and fruitful at all levels, national and transnational.