Article by Francesco Veronesi —
ROMA – L’ultimo rapporto dell’Istat, l’Istituto nazionale di statistica italiano, è come un bollettino di guerra: quasi 384mila persone in meno (grafico sopra, fonte Istat), “come se non ci fosse Firenze” spiega l’Istituto, con il numero più alto di decessi dal secondo dopoguerra, il crollo dei matrimoni e delle nascite. La pandemia ha avuto effetti devastanti. (more…)
[GTranslate]Very high participation in the first general strike of Amazon’s Italian workers, organized yesterday by Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti who speak of an average participation “of 75%, with peaks of 90% in some territories. It is a successful protest – explain the three trade union organizations, protagonists of the first strike in the history of the Seattle giant in Italy – even beyond our expectations considering that many workers feel ‘blackmail’ because they have atypical contracts and therefore have seen the protest as a risk to their precarious job” (in the pic by Filt-Cgil, some of the strikers). (more…)
[GTranslate]ROME – “In Italy the union is part of the history and the constituent path of the country: even the Seattle giant must take note”: the unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and Assoespressi do not take a step backwards, in bargaining with Amazon, relating to employees and those who work in the procurement of logistics services. (more…)