(ANSA) - MILAN, NOVEMBER 18 - The trade unions of La Scala have proclaimed a strike for November 26, when an ensemble rehearsal of Boris Godunov is scheduled, the opera which will inaugurate the season on December 7 in the presence of the Head of State and the president of the EU commission Ursulavon der Leyer.
The reason is the lack of agreement on the new contract.
The figure made available by the theater was too far from the one requested by the unions, which is why the CGIL, CISL, UIL and FIALS proclaimed a state of unrest last November 3, and today, after the meeting with the superintendent Dominique Meyer, the strike.
On the other hand, the workers' meeting is scheduled for November 23rd, in which the renewal of the contract and the declaration of the strike scheduled for the second performance on the 26th will be discussed. In the joint press release, the unions explain that with the theater management it was decided to go the technical meetings in the various sectors to remodulate the methodology and also the working hours (which could be reduced) "safeguarding the productivity of the Theatre".
However, the workers' representatives consider "insufficient the economic amount proposed up to now for the renewal of the contract and have asked for a significant advance in the additional funds for the at least partial recovery of inflation, for the introduction of a basic complementary health policy and for the