Italian unions agree workers' rights deal with Amazon

MILAN, July 22 (Reuters) - ‌Italian unions ​have ​signed an agreement with Amazon.com covering leave, employee rights and video ‌surveillance, the unions and the U.S. e-commerce ⁠giant said on Wednesday.

• The Filt CGIL, Fit ‌CISL and Uiltrasporti unions ‌said 57 sites operating in Italy were covered in the deal struck with ​Amazon Italia Transport and Amazon Italia Logistica and hailed it as the first ⁠such national collective agreement reached with Amazon in any country.

• ​Regarding video surveillance, the unions said it has been agreed that images ​cannot be used for ‌disciplinary purposes.

• Employees have been granted the right to take parental ⁠leave in increments as small as a single hour, the unions added.

• "We welcome the agreement ⁠reached with trade unions, which introduces new flexibility and ​work-life balance tools and enhances existing ones, bringing them into a shared framework for the benefit ‌of our employees and their families," Amazon said in a statement.

• ‌The agreement builds on an initial protocol ⁠signed with Amazon ‌in 2021.

• Amazon ​has 19,000 permanent employees in Italy.

(Writing by Keith Weir, editing by Alvise ‌Armellini)

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