The Amazon agreements and the “modern” idea of tripartite social dialogue

Abstract

The article deals with the collective agreement of the 15th of September 2021, signed by Amazon Logistica Italia and Amazon Transport Italia with the Italian trade unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti (transport sector) and Nidil-Cgil, Felsa-Cisl, Uiltemp (temporary and precarious employment sector). The collective agreement was signed in Rome in the presence of the Minister of labour, whose role was key to its very closing. The public authority is not part of the agreement, and, hence, the latter cannot be considered a “tripartite” agreement. However, the article takes into consideration the possibility that the intervention of the Minister of labour in the industrial relations may be regarded as a “new” form of (tripartite) social dialogue.

Keywords

• amazon
• logistics
• collective bargaining
• tripartite social dialogue
• minister of labour