•Between union confederations and major
employer central
bodies, principally Confindustria and, since 1983, government
–1950s this was only level of wage
bargaining
–Recently, source of much bargained legislation ‑ corporatism
•Employment Costs below all other
countries in
the course
•1993 tri-partite agreement with confederations and Confindustria has
set bargaining
framework since