(Finance) – “I think the time has come to make concrete decisions and as soon as possiblegiven the difficult situation pushed by the pandemic and now further by inflation, which also requires a major effort to sterilize the increases in energy. We cannot wait any longer for the minimum wage and the law on trade union representation, which are not alternative but complementary solutions “.
So interviewed by l’Avvenire, the president of INPS, Pasquale Tridico emphasizing that “collective bargaining in our country has brought wage increases but in many sectors it stopped playing this role 30 years ago, due to the fragmentation of the labor market, the scarce trade union representativeness in the new sectors and of corporatization of contracts, that they generated pirate contracts and wage cuts “.
“Today – he continues – we have about 985 Ccnl registered, of which over three quarters of dubious representativeness but, in the absence of a law, perfectly legitimate. On the one hand, therefore, a law on representation avoids proliferation by identifying leading contracts. On the other hand, a legal minimum that, referring to EU guidelines, could be around 9 euros gross per hour, set a threshold below which you cannot go down. We need a combined approach of these two measures “.
“In Italy 4.5 million workers earn less dthe 9 euro gross per hour. A impressive figure, which means net monthly wages of around or under a thousand euros. They are concentrated in sectors such as logistics, catering, tourism, cultural heritage and assistance to people. 38% of young people, 16% of over 35s, 21% of men and 26% of women are under 9 euros “, underlines the INPS president for whom” the minimum wage threshold would also support collective bargaining. And then low wages mainly affect sectors, such as tourism, logistics and personal care, which are not very exposed to international competition. There wouldn’t be one competitive difficulty for companies. While in manufacturing, that’s more exposed, we mostly have good wages “.