“These are inhumane acts that do not belong to the Italian people, and I hope that this barbarism will be harshly punished.” Thus, we learn from sources at Palazzo Chigi, the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Meloni thus expressed, the sources explain, a harsh condemnation of what happened to the laborer of Indian origin, Satnam Singh, who on Monday afternoon was involved in a fatal accident at work on a farm in Latina. The young man, who was seriously injured, was abandoned on the street and subsequently died at the San Camillo hospital in Rome. The Prime Minister expressed his condolences, and those of the entire government, for the tragic passing and her closeness to Satnam Singh’s wife, family and loved ones.
At the same time, the ministers of Labor, Marina Calderone, and of agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, announced a meeting to be held tomorrow at the Ministry of Labor and which will see the participation of trade union and employer representatives and the competent public bodies.
During the Council of Ministers, the head of Labor, Marina Calderone, gave a briefing and, it is explained, “illustrated the initiatives carried out in these 20 months to combat exploitation at work. The worker of Indian origin had entered Italy with a nine-month employment contract”. Calderone recalled that the Meloni government has reintroduced the crime of illicit supply of labour, which punishes the supplier and the user with imprisonment for up to one month or a fine of 60 euros for each worker involved and for each day. of administration. Calderone’s speech was followed by that of Lollobrigida, who, explain the Palazzo Chigi sources, underlined “the government’s commitment through stricter rules on social conditionality, stricter controls, reorganization of regular immigration flows, training in the countries of origin, also on trade union rights”.
Renzo Lovato, owner of the agricultural company for which the laborer worked, also spoke out about Satnam’s death. Interviewed by Tg1, he placed the blame on the worker: “I had warned the worker not to approach the vehicle, but he did what he wanted. A slight, unfortunately”. Renzo Lovato is the father of Antonello, Satnam’s employer and under investigation. “There is sadness because a boy died at work and it should never happen. He cost everyone dearly.”
