Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Unicoop Etruria plans closing 24 stores across Central Italy affecting 340 workers, including 10 Umbrian locations (6 Coop, 4 Superconti), plus eliminating 180 administrative positions at Castiglione del Lago and Vignale (Livorno) headquarters. The 2025-2027 industrial plan presented Monday in Rome targets loss reduction and network rationalization following Coop Centro Italia-Unicoop Tirreno merger.
Umbrian closures include Coop stores in Perugia San Sisto, Bastia Umbra, Tavernelle, and Cannara, plus Superconti locations in Amelia, Perugia via Settevalli, Todi, Acquasparta, and two Terni sites (via Turati, Cospea). Across Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, and Marche, closures stem from unsustainable economics due to changed market conditions or same-brand store overlaps.
Filcams CGIL, Fisascat CISL, and Uiltucs (trade unions) immediately declared agitation status, announcing strike hours to be defined in upcoming assemblies. Unions contest intervention scale, demanding employment protection guarantees while criticizing the plan for imposing past inefficient management costs on workers rather than delivering promised investment. Announced investments appear minimal against drastic employment and commercial perimeter interventions, with hundreds facing potential redundancy and unclear relocation possibilities.
Umbria Region convened December 9 union discussions and December 12 company-union meetings following close monitoring since merger initiation.
Eurofound (2025), Unicoop Etruria, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 203806, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203806.
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