Another cold shower for the proposal, perhaps the only one, that unites the left, that of the minimum wage. The idea was rejected by the Study Office of the CGIA of Mestre: “As the CNEL also had the opportunity to point out, the problem of poor workers does not seem to be attributable to minimum wages that are too low, but to the fact that during the year these people work a very limited number of days. Therefore, instead of establishing a minimum wage by law, the abuse of some short-term contracts must be combated. To increase wages for workers, especially those with lower professional qualifications, we should continue to reduce Irpef and spread decentralized negotiation more widely. As one of the percentages relating to the number of workers covered by national collective bargaining is among the highest at European level (95 percent of the total number of workers), we should insist on also spreading second-level bargaining, rewarding, in particular , decontribution and the achievement of productivity objectives, also using direct agreements between entrepreneurs and their employees. In doing so, we would respond above all to workers in the North and in particular in the most urbanized areas of the country who, following the inflationary boom, in the last two years have suffered, much more than others, a frightening loss of purchasing power. ‘.
In addition to expanding the application of decentralized negotiation, the CGIA Studies Office considers that in order to increase salaries, it would be necessary to respect the renewal deadlines for employment contracts. Excluding the agricultural sector, domestic work and some technical issues, as of September 1, 54 percent of private sector workers had their national collective bargaining agreement expired. We are talking about almost 7.5 million employees out of a total of almost 14 million. After the CNEL, another opinion that destroys the idea presented by Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte and Carlo Calenda.
Source: IL Tempo
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