After 10 years Landini realizes that the Jobs Act exists
It didn't take long, just 10 years, which, in union times, must last like the blink of an eye. Landini decides to take action against the " Jobs Act" , the 2014 labor market reform law desired by the Renzi government, secretary of the PD at the time, and strongly contested because, among other things, it contained the weakening of the Article 18 and therefore provided for the right to compensation instead of the right to reinstatement.
The union leader wants a referendum against the law, accompanied by a general strike against the increase in job insecurity, which has reportedly increased over the last 18 years. Absolute silence on the possibility of creating new jobs…
Now Landini, who at the time was secretary of the FIOM metalworkers' union, must not have noticed this, perhaps distracted by something else, but, in the end, after 10 years, he realizes that canceling the right of re-employment, perhaps, was against the interests of the union.
Better late than never, you might say, but in the lost decade, things have changed for the worse, and quite a few. Now the enemy of the Italian worker, more than the Jobs Act, is the progressive deindustrialization of Italy, which, combined with automation and the progressive introduction of artificial intelligence, risks making the figure of the current worker like that of coachman or blacksmith, as well as threatening numerous intermediate clerical figures.
Therefore, not being able to carry out a vanguard battle, it is better to do a rearguard battle against a measure approved and strongly supported by the same party which is the political counterpart of the CGIL, the PD. A great, brilliant move and we're really curious to see what the last survivors of the Renzian period will say.
Now Landini wants to collect signatures for a referendum against the Jobs Act, a blunt weapon because it would not reach a quorum. Distrust in the referendum instrument, which has always been betrayed by the chamber and which cannot intervene on the real issues of international treaties and taxation, is at its highest and Landini would only be able to bury it definitively. If anything, he should fight for a reform that gives him meaning, broadening its scope and removing the quorum, but this would disturb the European maneuverers, so that's all.
The always excellent @durezzadelviver recalled that, at the time, the trade union struggle against the measure was limited to a 4-hour strike on a Friday. It really seems to be France, where the CGT has completed six months of very hard struggle against the pension reform, with sudden strikes, large rallies and a communication that will not have stopped the reform, for now, but has created a political climate hostile to the Macron government. 2014 saw the Renzian PD reach 40% of the votes….
The best comment is made by Tommaso Cerno
Landini relaunches the general strike. He says that precariousness has been increasing for 20 years. If you consider that he became national director of Fiom 18 years ago, practically as long as he has been there pic.twitter.com/dXykywf7vc
— Tommaso Cerno (@Tommasocerno) September 11, 2023
Cerno's observation is perfect: what has Landini done in the last 18 years? We accompany this question with another: how many Italians will still be willing to believe him?
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