Unions playing an increasing role in European telecoms

Labour unions have once again become pivotal players in the European telecoms sector, involving themselves in M&A and downsizing plans.
Most of the headlines are coming from Italy, where strike action is on the cards as incumbent operator TIM mulls the €10 billion-plus takeover offer it received from private equity firm KKR just under a fortnight ago.
Four of Italy’s telecoms unions – SLC Cgil, Fistel Cisl, UILCOM UIL, and Ugl Telecomunicazioni – this week issued a sta