“Welfare is the basic element of rights, low wages tear apart social cohesion”

«Ill work it was the main driver of the country’s development and human, civic, social and cultural growth, which enabled widespread emancipation from conditions of poverty and subjugation. With work, with the decisive contribution of workers’ organizations, Italian prosperity, a fundamental element of civil rights, was built. This is what the President of the Republic said, Sergio Mattarellaat the 2024 Stars of Merit to Labor Award Ceremony.

There are “pockets of insufficient wages, also fueled by forced part-time work and insecurity. This is an element of a worrying breakdown in social cohesion. This is a condition that also affects many immigrants, often exposed to merciless exploitation incompatible with our civilizationMattarella continued.

“Employment data in our country show a comforting growth. However, employment, not only in our country, is fragmented between a high range where quality and professionalism correspond to good pay, while at the bottom there are pockets of insufficient wages, fueled also by forced part-time work, and by insecurity. This is an element of an alarming rupture of social cohesion”, the other problem is on the heart of the President of the Republic.