Fiat halts new investments pending clarity on labour law

Fiat will put new investments on hold until it gets a clearer idea of the impact of a court ruling that a portion of Italy’s labour rules are unconstitutional, its chief executive, Sergio Marchionne, said on Tuesday.

Italy’s constitutional court ruled last week that a clause in the country’s labour law from the 1970s allowing automaker Fiat to bar the Fiom metalworkers’ union from representing workers on its factory floor violated the constitution.

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