ROME – The Labor Day “must awaken hopes and shared commitments, but to do so must be based on sincere words.” This was stated by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella speaking at the Quirinale at the ceremony of the Knights of Labor. Much of the president’s speech was focused on the theme of the work: “It ‘the first priority, there rassegnamo and do not lose heart.” “The work is for everyone – he added – is the Constitution which says that no We must never resign ourselves. “
According Mattarella, the absence of work remains” a piercing wound in the social body. ” Those calling for work can not be left “without concrete answers. The figure so highly of our fellow citizens who can not find employment, who were expelled from the production process, working occasionally in the precariousness not allowing them to live peacefully with their families.” Also touched the issue of safety of workers: “Although in recent years there has been a slight decline, deaths at work are intolerable”, he said.
“The level of female employment in our country does not certainly can not satisfy us, “he added Mattarella, because” the criminalization of women’s work is a condition of backwardness. ” That “public institutions must do their part.”
The Head of State then asked everyone, from politics to social forces, of “knowing how to direct efforts converge and find, through dialogue, common commitments . We are at a crucial crossroads – stressed Mattarella – and what will happen in the coming months will determine a long cycle: There are no egos and corporate defenses that constrain our potential. ” “We would not do honor to the May Day – added the head of state – if we were not able to look with proper awareness and solidarity with this condition unacceptable that sees continually push the institutions, businesses, trade unions and social forces to do more. To innovate, to invest, to design, so that the work is for everyone. “
” We can not do without the young, must enter the system as protagonists, “he stressed Mattarella who also place the issue of the South as primary to reduce the gap between North and South and allow for a fair and sustainable development in Italy.
The President also touched on the theme of the Expo: “Today opens the Milan Expo, a and a world showcase extraordinary opportunity. The theme, feeding the planet and ensure the life, is of epoch-making. Our system, to our businesses, our organizational skills will be challenged and the whole country will benefit. ” Then a wish: “Italy will do it, taking high values of democracy. The courage of the company and the solidarity that is capable our communities are no guarantees.”
“No citizen should Italian feeling abandoned, no one should throw in the towel, “because” the civilization, the Constitution, the common good can prevail.
must prevail, “he added Mattarella then reiterated that:” The law is a decisive value. “
Mattarella also spoke of European policy: “It ‘clear that Europe needs to correct the course to overcome the crisis and this does not call into question our Europeanism”. “We need policies that reduce internal imbalances,” added the head of state, serving “investment”, the same as when there was “dramatic fall”.
The apo dello Stato, in his speech , addressed “a salute to all the trade unions. The general secretaries are in Pozzallo, near Ragusa, having decided to devote to solidarity with migrants and integrating their traditional manifestation”.
During the ceremony it was also attended by the Minister of Labour, Giuliano Poletti , who spoke of the labor market: “At the beginning of 2015 the permanent contracts were about 40% more than in the same period of 2014, partly new contracts “. Poletti also covered the topic related to the safety of workers: “Accidents at work, although declining, are still too many. Improving safety is a priority for us”.
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