On 12 February 2010, the National Steering Committee of Uilm, appointed by delegates to the 14th National Congress of the trade union, unanimously elected Rocco Palombella as the new General Secretary of Uilm. Rocco Palombella, aged 54, from Faggiano (Taranto), succeeds Antonino Regazzi, who has retired on the grounds of the age limit stipulated in the UILM Statutes.
Rocco Palombella, Provincial Secretary of Taranto from 2003 and Uilm National Secretary from 2009, proposed the confirmation of the five members of the Secretariat: Giovanni Contento, Luca Maria Colonna, Mario Ghini, Eros Panicali and Roberto Toigo. They too have been unanimously elected by the National Steering Committee.
Castelnuovo del Garda, 12 February 2010