Mercatone Uno: signed with the unions the agreement for more than two thousand workers

IMOLA. Mercatone Uno and Shernon Holding Srl have signed the agreement with the unions Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs on the sale procedure of the outlets.

The agreement, as the unions indicate, provides for the transfer of 2,019 employees from 55 outlets, Imola headquarters and logistics, service and trading companies acquired by Shernon Holding Srl The agreement also provides for the right of first refusal of recruitment for the workers of the stores sold and Shernon Holding undertakes to create 300 new jobs in 2022 to achieve the growth and development objectives contained in the recovery plan. Workers will be enforced the national contract for services, distribution and services Confcommercio

Shernon Holding will also apply the quarterly schedule of Sunday work on a voluntary basis "up to a maximum of 22 Sundays worked per year". Employees of Mercatone Uno who are not transferred will be laid off at zero hours until January 13, 2019, when the badignment will take effect. On July 5, the comparison with the management of Cosmo SpA, a company operating in Italy and abroad with Globo stores, will allow the acquisition of 13 Mercatone Uno stores, which will radically change the core business of l & # 39; company.

Cisl Vincenzo Dell "Orefice" agreement reached with Shernon has allowed the involvement of the largest number of store employees likely to change, preserving employment levels The number of transferred administrative profiles has also been revised upwards on the Imola site.Now – he adds – it is necessary to make every effort to improve the work safety plan of Cosmo Spa, which in the state would involve 196 units out of a total of 566 employees by Mercatone Uno outlets. "Mercatone Uno" will continue to be a brand rooted in the local area in which it was born, "adds Fisascat General Secretary Cisl Davide Guarini," It will also be necessary to achieve a balanced understanding with the management of Cosmo Spa, another important potential buyer, to conclude in the best possible way a complex dispute. a delicate task that has been going on for too long.