There is a Salvini of the struggle and a Salvini of the Government. Dr. has an extremely short memory. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The year was 2015, and the then secretary of the opposition Union proposed a three-day blockade of the entire country, asking for help from all Italians, regardless of political color. “Many of you are telling me: ‘Let’s send them home.’ We strive with civility, referendums, bills, amendments, mayors, demonstrations, demonstrations. “For three days we will stop Italy from sending this government home,” he thundered.

After eight years and many government posts, there is no trace of that revolutionary Salvini left, and we find him in the role of deputy prime minister and minister of transport, calling for confederal unions and questioning the right to strike. Not with words, but with direct facts. This is not a surprising fact, remember, it is quite well known that party leaders quickly turn from arsonists to firefighters as soon as they gain an ounce of power.

Two versions of Salvini

If it weren’t tragic, it would be ridiculous. The debate in which confederal unions called for a general strike ended in the worst way. On the one hand, the harsh fist of Matteo Salvini, who signed the injunction against the workers in the sector, and on the other hand, the unions that decided to submit to the will of the MİT owner to “protect the workers” in order not to victimize the workers. is subject to sanctions. In the middle are workers who see their rights being squeezed more and more every day, with matches in hand, without weapons or real defenders to defend themselves. I wonder what would have happened in France in the face of a similar act of repression, but perhaps it is better not to ask because the comparison would be unfortunate, especially for those who have decided to submit to an unprecedented act.

The general strike was called by unions to protest the budget bill, which Parliament is preparing to approve, which contains rules that risk having a negative impact on workers. With a very creative interpretation, the guarantee commission accepted Salvini’s complaints and paved the way for a general strike. Something that has never happened before.

Speaking before the Federmanager audience, Minister Salvini said: “There cannot be a politicized minority blocking the majority”, conveying the idea that the declared strike had only political reasons and therefore did not have great value. So is he the same Salvini who called for a total blockade of the country in order to repatriate the then centre-left government? The question is legitimate, the answer is obvious.

Ridiculous fees

Italy is the only country in the European Union where wages have fallen in the last 30 years; It is the youngest country, in stark contrast to the rest of the continent, where the purchasing power of workers has fallen to a very low level, consumed by galloping inflation. When offered working conditions for any type of job that are not on par with those offered to their European peers, these same young people flee en masse to foreign countries in an attempt to build a dignified future that this country can no longer see. to be able to insure. But all these horrific details remain in the background of a dystopian debate that looks more like a meaningless tug-of-war; in reality, workers’ rights appear to be of little importance to all actors involved.