“Precariat and low wages: unions and politics confront each other to heal the fractures”: this is the title of the conference, scheduled this afternoon (4pm), promoted by the CGIL Marche, with Eleonora Fontana, regional secretary of the CGIL Marche, and Giuseppe Santarelli, secretary present. general Cgil Marche, Andrea Lassandari, professor of labor law at the University of Bologna, Arturo Scotto, Pd deputy, Roberto Cataldi, M5s senator and Franco Mari, Avs deputy. The conclusions are by Maria Grazia Gabrielli, CGIL national secretary. At the center of the debate, the low wages of workers in the Marche region.
And give
In the Marche region, wages are among the lowest in Italy. In particular, according to the latest Ires Cgil survey on 2023 Inps data, the poorest workers are those who work in the hotel, catering and travel agency sectorswith a gross annual salary of 8,723 euros, are followed by those of personal services with 10,181 euros, therefore artistic, sporting activities, museums and associations with 11,403 euros per year. The ranking continues with teachers and educators and the 14,648 euros gross per year that they receive, those in health and social care with 16,076 euros, and then there are workers in IT, research and business services with 16,669 euros. And that’s not all: workers in the food, beverage and tobacco industries follow with 16,752 euros, construction with 19,798 euros, trade with 19,995. Then, those of clothing, footwear and leather with 20,263. the richest in the ranking are the workers in the extraction of minerals from quarries and mines with 46,194 euros, and then there are those in financial and insurance activities with 44,310, in the middle of the ranking are the furniture workers with 24,319 and mechanics with 27,383.
The analysis
“These data – says Giuseppe Santarelli, general secretary of Cgil Marche – are the best answer to those who say that it is not possible to find youth labor in the Marche. The conditions dictated by the labor market are oriented toward poor work, below the levels of other regions and with a more accentuated precariousness. If we add to this a demographic dynamic that sees a drastic drop in residents in the youth age groups, the future is not visible. Real and targeted policies are urgently needed by the Marche Region and by entrepreneurs”.
Eleonora Fontana, CGIL Marche regional secretariat, reiterates: «If average wages are lower than the country average, and this is influenced by the high percentage of part-time, intermittent and temporary contracts, we cannot be surprised if young people in particular they find opportunities outside the Marche. These are unacceptable inequalities and, for this reason, we will continue to work to obtain serious policies with particular attention to young people and women.”
