The traditional action of a union in a large company must evolve. It is no longer sufficient that this is confined to its traditional job of protecting the achievements reivindichi new job or better for workers. This action may make sense nationally, at the political level, but no longer in business.

 

The union must be integrated into the process of consultation, decision-making still seems too strong a word, but at least on an advisory basis in the definition of corporate strategy. This opportunity that the company has to offer, then why will must be counterbalanced by an action at the workers.

 

What I intend to contact with the workers, I mean improve those things that the employee may improve, if we speak clearly of an industrial enterprise, must be in the production process. It means a commitment to doing things as we should do, then engage in improving the processes, then engage in increased productivity, it means doing more quality. Today, the union does not do anything that is dedicated only to improve the quality of life in work, improve remuneration, improve the conditions, save the rotten elements that do not contribute to improving processes and products, defend the status quo, defend those who take refuge on a statute rather weak and that only exploit the social safety net.

 

I am convinced that an active action based improvements in manufacturing processes, the resulting improvement in productivity and certainly the improvement of product quality, without giving up the sacred duties of general social protection of workers involved, it could open a chink in the winning company. Male could not do much good.

 

I agree that unions are not prepared, but we are never in the news. So it is started, you start to take responsibility. The traditional separation between ownership and each operaio and more obsolete as time table for comparison. With economic growth, with growth even with the capital increase in the price of homes, the workers began to have some savings put in funds, funds that invest in stock market and therefore businesses, property. With the liberalization of pension funds as redito complementary to retirement, investing in these companies and consequently the future income in retirement dell'operaio depend on the good management of the fund manager's board that has invested in property, becoming in some form they also owner . There is more than separation for which a worker was born and died, but today, fortunately can arise operaio, but improve its conditions for taking part with his savings in funds and consequently is small owner as the saver and retired.

 

I agree that the company is not ready, which could easily result in a single excuse to say, I have consulted you, now you do your work to the laborers, pierced the responsibility to review, when the company who must always have. But having Top Manager who devote part of his time to improve these relations, to be able to involve trade unions in strategic processes, not only to present them, but to discuss them and improve them in areas where the union can be more effective than can add differentiation to competitors.

 

Today very difficult to differentiate with competitors in terms of product, nell'outpout say that a company produces. You can still find differentiation within the company. Able to be more productive, able to constantly innovate in the processes, work producing better quality products are sufficiently differentiated aspects of how to increase the value for the shareholder.

 

This policy proposals, including ne ne foreclosure, not resale, meaning that at that table should not mix the fact that one is over there, and at the same time are open to those who want to participate and should not be because all debt for them, but which forms part of a longer process in the definition of a strategy as are the meetings of Top Managers of different levels or business can significantly improve the product outpout of that company. That would be a big step that does not question anything traditional relations between unions and company, for instance those run in the direction of human resources. In fact, I do not want to talk about appointments institutionalized fixed, which must necessarily be twice a year, informed when there is a general meeting or what it is. I talk to establish points of contact to improve our products, cabbage something that will make the building! Oh no?

 

In this old Europe we need to do this jump, it is imperative if we are to survive in this world attenaciati by two giants: the American one in which there is no unionism in Europe and China where there is no respect for the rights of workers as Europeans will want them.

 

And imperative to realize that only protect ago that we are more easily prey of others. Unfortunately we are not alone, we have to fight with others, and is at risk throughout our system if we do not react. And the union they can not get by and simply say that's not my responsibility, so we are shareholders, so there is the Top Management and so on. What is lacking vision in a changing world, that is not the same ten years, twenty or thirty and will not be the same in ten years. I do not know how different, but it will be safe. So I insist unions to reflect on what should be its action: passive limited its action to traditional political or let me say also, stress is also proactive in strategic focus to bring it forward? I do not see contradictions, we see complementarity in a fight, because always speak of struggle, a struggle for the general rights of workers and another fight in microeconomics to improve the production of which is that which advances their workers and The company in general.

 

I have talked little about the change of attitude that is needed by Top Management, but I think it easier to develop the necessary change in this part than in the union subject to a policy around which you move. A Top Manager can not benefiting have a productive force better, more productive providing ideas, processes and products of best quality. I do not see the contraindications, I do not see why not use all available resources, managerial really the whole process, integrating one of the key parts in the whole company that is productive, because if the product is not competitive, good company and good workers.