ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “There is little attention to the maturation and independence of young people: in national interest this trend must be reversed. Too many young people leave Italy, but the production system demands labor.” Thus the president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in Pontedera, on the occasion of the Labor Day. “The chronicles return daily news of workers and workers who lose their lives – continues Mattarella, – Safety at work is a duty that does not allow distinction. The fight against nightmares must involve all, institutions and societies: we do not yet enough to protect the safety of those who work: social cohesion requires that work and protection of workers are effective and the social partners are called to contribute to them with their values. One of the future challenges is artificial intelligence: Carlo Cattaneo said that the innovations of science are combined with the labors of the workshop, this is a new frontier with which we must confront ourselves today. In view of May 1 I address a greeting to the unions, which tomorrow will be manifested together in Rome, and to young people”.
“We are in Pontedera to celebrate today, with the presence of the Minister of Labour, Italian work, the essential foundation of our coexistence, our progress, our democratic life. Tomorrow, May 1st, is the feast of workers from all over the world: anticipating the celebration in this place so iconic recalls the path of our country with its efforts and successes, the dynamism that has made breaches in the markets and in the collective imagination, emphasizes the weaving of solidarity and the rights in the factory and outside of it,” he said. “Work forms our being and our future. contributes to bringing roots and making us artifacts, protagonists, responsible for society that we leave to children and grandchildren – adds Mattarella -. Questions and needs mark the physiopathies of societies. The production of wealth and its distribution nourish the quality of life, the welfare of the community, realize the values to which our coexistence and our culture are inspired, characterize the social sustainability of our way of being. The work is a leading player in the achievement of the objectives of social solidarity assigned by the Constitution: modernity changes its roles to work in contemporary society, speed in innovation is more and more important than our time. Technological acceleration, moreover, does not lead to the elimination of work, but to its transformation: a transformation that, in this change of epoch, risks to lead also to forms of its devaluation, risk to prevent and avoid. Work is the presidio of society, it is an expression of the freedom of the person and the whole community, it is dignity, it is an instrument of participation and construction: the goal of full and good employment is written among those of our democracy”.
“Industry is a pillar for Italy, manufacturing contributes to national GDP by 15%: second in Europe, eighth in the world, Italian manufacturing is a fundamental vehicle and a growth engine.” “To be actors and not dishes curators of a past legacy we know that it does not need to delay to measure the reality on the images postponed by the rearview mirror but we need to look forward – Mattarella continues. We must lead the ability to innovation based on sustainability, far-sighted driving element for the resilience of companies in an increasingly complex world. Weigh the fragility of the international economy on our companies, we weigh conflicts and wars: for productivity and innovation we record a competitive deficit in Europe. As soon as possible, the barriers which still prevent a complete union of our internal markets must be eliminated, investment must be directed in the most strategic sectors and with the greater potential for growth – the head of the State emphasizes – is a widespread awareness among the members of the Union, so that the Commission has decided to propose a regulation, with a significant title Provision of industrial acceleration, inspired by the Draghi report and directed to strengthen the continental industrial base, promoting the European Union. It is time of vision, not short-term measures: it is time to proceed, courageously, on the road to European integration.”.
“Women’s employment in Italy has also grown in recent years, reaching rates that are a primacy for us: however, the gap to be filled with respect to the European average remains consistent.” “The gender gap, which emerges not only from employment rates but also from the disparity that persists in wages and careers, must be filled with a complex of interventions and attentions – Mattarella continues – on structural factors and territorial contexts, but also on the quality of work and services to foster reconciliation with other life commitments.”.
“Social dialogue must never stop. The factories, with their inventiveness, with the workers’ pride of products executed to perfection, have offered, in these eighty years of the life of the Republic, a lesson. Today I am – we are – compared to the challenge of Artificial Intelligence.” “It was precisely a territory and a reality like these I think we can apply a reflection of Carlo Cattaneo, who, in the heart of the industrial revolution of that time, in 1845, in his “Industry and morality” asserted that the revelations of science must be connected for many lines to the labors of the workshop, raising them with high dignity – the head of the state continued –. And it was polytechnic culture that united humanism and science, giving life to what was called “civilization of machines”, with the person at the center of these processes. It is today a new frontier with which we must measure ourselves, in the reaffirmation of the values that inspire our community. To the Cgil, Cisl and Uil confederations that tomorrow celebrate together on May 1 with the motto “Dignitous Work” I address the most intense wish.
“The union organization, its freedom, and also its ability to find large and important moments of unity, is an irreplaceable part of democratic life. I address a greeting to all the unions representing the workers and their interests. A special greeting to the young people who will meet in Rome – as it is customary – in the concert of St. John Square – concluded Mattarella -. A good holiday of work, once again, even to those who work is looking for it, to those who defend it, to those who try to overcome the barriers of poor and precarious work”.
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