(Finance) – The impact of digital transition and ecological on the world of work, in particular in the sector ofautomotiveinvestments in the development of highly specialized professional skills and the theme of rising inflation with repercussions on workers’ wages, were at the center of the meeting held today at Palazzo Piacentini between the minister of economic development Giancarlo Giorgetti and the European Commissioner for Labor and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit. Giorgetti and Schmit, a note reads, shared the need for a pragmatic approach to prevail at European level, also with the adoption of new tools, to deal with the economic and social consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, with particular reference to the cost of energy for the supply of raw materials.
With regard to investments, both the theme of the transition of the automotive sector towards the electric sector were also examined, for which Giorgetti and Schmit underlined the importance of intervening with support for the training and to retraining of workers, and the interventions provided for by PNRR for the development of the battery and hydrogen sector.
Schmit also met with the Minister for Public Administration during his trip to Rome, Renato Brunette. Among the points at the center of the interview wage minimum And bargaininginflation and strategies to defend the purchasing power of households and the competitiveness of businesses, excluding automatisms such as the escalator.