Enhancing Economic Democracy for Posted Workers: The Case of Italy Published in October 2018 COUNTRY STUDY ITALTY Francesco E. Iannuzzi and Devi Sacchetto (University of Padua) The report aims at analysing the practices and experiences of the Italian trade unions regarding the issue of representation of transnational posted workers. Since most of the empirical material has been collected in the context of construction unions, this report will mainly address the dynam- ics of the construction sector. The Italian trade union model is character- ised by the union pluralism and by the presence of sectoral-based national categories (federations). The set of trade union categories gives rise to un- ion confederations (of which CGIL, CISL and UIL are the major). Although a common structure organises them, every single category difers from others in ideological orientation, substantial organisation, identity, interna- tional cooperation and attention to phenomena of labour market transfor- mations. Therefore, the way in which the trade union categories address the issue of migrant labour and posting workers also varies according to the impact the latter have on the productive sectors and territories. In Italy, only the transport unions and even more the construction unions have provided specifc activities for the posted workers. However, these specif- ic plans mainly concern international cooperation with other institutions, trade unions and NGOs, but have little impact on daily representation at the workplace level. Consequently, at the micro level, no ad hoc activities are planned, and the union’s interest in the posted workers emerges as a result of the general union activities.