“The May Day holiday, all over the world, is an anniversary that recalls the value of work and remembers the many sacrifices, even at the cost of their lives, of those who fought for better conditions for themselves, their families, society The current situation, unfortunately, highlights signs of decline compared to the past for the conditions of male and female workers and, above all, of young people, even if they have advanced qualifications absolute poverty, both among families and among young people: this is certified by the report ‘Absolute poverty and consumption expenditure – Preliminary estimates 2023’, which Istat presented on 25 March. According to estimates by the Institute of Statistics, the incidence of absolute poverty is equal to8.5% among families (8.3% in 2022) and others 9.8% among individuals (9.7% in 2022), affecting beyond 2 million 234 thousand familiesAnd 5 million 752 thousand individuals. Record data on minors: in 2023, the incidence of absolute individual poverty for minors reaches 14% (equal to 1.3 million), marking the highest value since 2014″, the Reggio section of the Democratic Party stated in a note.
“Topics that require a close discussion between the social partners and politics to avoid the twisting of dangerous social dynamics which, inevitably, would also shake the foundations of society and democracy. The Government’s choices, among all the cancellation of one universal minimum income instrument, will have a dramatic impact on families. Istat numbers tell us that poverty in Italy continues to grow at record levels, 5.7 million people, also affected by the trend in inflation and cost increases. energy costs. The average monthly expenditure has grown by 8 percent in less than ten years. A problem that must be addressed with structural measures, exactly the opposite of what the Meloni Government has done in the last year the numbers of the inclusion allowance to hide the failure of their choices. And the decisions taken with the latest budget will burden families in difficulty in terms of health services, educational poverty and employment growth”, the note continues.
“The increase in poverty among employed workers, which reaches 9.1% in 2023, from 8.3% in 2022, affecting over 944 thousand families, is a sign of alarm and concern and certainly requires reflection attentive to the conditions of the world of work, and of workers. Absolute poverty grows among families with an employed reference person, reaching the highest value of the entire historical series, since 2014. Work and poor must no longer go together, to This is why we will continue to fight for the legal minimum wage, which the centre-right government majority is trying to put on hold. The centre-right government, with its own policies, instead of eliminating inequalities, also widens them through the introduction of differentiated autonomy which will only increase the already existing economic-social gap between the regions of the South and the regions of the North. Finally, we must say enough to deaths in the workplace. In fact, in 2023, there will be fatal accidents have increased dramatically. We must, therefore, also fight to support and have the bill approved which introduces the crime of “murder at work”, concludes the PD.
