Stefania Filetti elected to the national secretariat of CGIL (cross-border guide)

Context

In brief

• Stefania Filetti elected to the national secretariat of Cgil
• A journey that began in the Alfa Romeo factory
• Secret ballot by the general assembly gathered in Rome
• Ten members in the new confederal secretariat

What: Election to the national secretariat of Cgil Who: Stefania Filetti Where: Rome Organization: Cgil Previous role: General Secretary of Cgil Varese

The general assembly of Cgil, meeting in Rome, elected Stefania Filetti by secret ballot to the organization's new confederal secretariat. The nomination proposal came directly from General Secretary Maurizio Landini, placing Filetti within a renewed team of ten people, evenly divided between five women and five men. This election represents the highest point of a long trade union career that has its roots in Italian industrial departments and has developed through a rigorous path, step by step, without sudden leaps or external accelerations compared to daily groundwork in workplaces.

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Operational details

Territorial roots in the Varese area

Stefania Filetti's journey continues and takes deep roots in the provincial territory starting from 2005, the year she joined the Fiom of Varese. This stage marks a further deepening of the dynamics related to metalworking and local industrial disputes. Two years after her arrival in the Varese structure, she was elected to the metalworkers' secretariat, and then in 2011 she took on the role of general secretary of the category. Here too, her growth took place entirely within the blue-collar category from which her professional and trade union experience had started. Subsequently, her scope of action expanded from the category dimension to the general confederal dimension of the Cgil of Varese. In 2013 she joined the provincial secretariat and in 2018 she assumed the position of organizational secretary, a managerial and political role that allowed her to get to know in detail the complex territorial organization of the organization, including the Chambers of Labour, the trade union offices and the Spi locations.

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Key points

A path without shortcuts

Stefania Filetti's entry into the national secretariat of Cgil, together with the other two new members Michele De Palma, general secretary of Fiom, and Serena Sorrentino, president of the Fundamental Program Commission, ideally concludes a geographical and professional journey that touched Arese, Milan, Varese and finally Rome. The uniqueness of this career lies in the absence of shortcuts or level jumps: every role was preceded by hands-on experience in the field, moving from factory worker to union delegate, from official to secretariat member, until holding the position of general secretary of the provincial Fiom first and of the Varese Cgil later. This trajectory demonstrates how the construction of top-tier trade union leadership can still be based on the direct and daily knowledge of workplaces, bringing a wealth of concrete experiences gained since the days of the Alfa Romeo mechanical department to the highest decision-making levels of the organization.

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