Boldrini attacks the illegal hiring (Italian) of the new millennium: “As the gangs, women die in” – Intelligonews fields

Boldrini attacks the illegal hiring (Italian) of the new millennium: “As the gangs, women die in the camps”

Dutiful terminological premise: the illegal hiring, in the sense of the original term, is a old system of organization of the temporary agricultural work, done by laborers entered into working groups (teams) of variable size (from a few individuals to several hundred). It is based on the ability of the “corporal” (which may be an employee of the agricultural landowner or an independent operator) in finding suitable labor, which is responsible for the performance of all farmers in a given area, to lead her to the bottom and direct it while on the job.

Today the practice of illegal hiring has gradually degenerated, changing from a lawful system of organization of agricultural labor in an activity intended to circumvent the rules at work, aiming to exploit cheap labor that is made to work improperly and illegally usually at much lower prices than those in the regulatory tariff and without the payment of social security contributions. An activity, therefore, illegal .

That said should be stressed that today the phenomenon is often forgotten, hidden. Do not treated. Why inconvenient . Moreover, the illegal hiring of the products are consumed on the tables of millions of Italians, who maybe are reading this article. Or of who wrote it. Hence the “inconvenience” of the argument. But it is the duty of journalists also talk (or especially) in this, as it is up to politicians to approach the subject. Solving it.

He spoke yesterday the President of the Chamber, Laura Boldrini , at the May Day celebration. In an interview with Corriere, he explained why he decided to spend the day yesterday in the Apulia , where the illegal hiring is present. “I thought I’d celebrate this festival where the work does not go to the respect of fundamental rights of the people. Especially the women. It seems right to focus attention on the plight of women laborers. Only in 2015 were 13 casualties among laborers. deaths fatigue, exhaustion. I will remember the words of Teresa Mattei, the youngest deputy of the Constituent Assembly, which was 25 years old. he said, then, that there were thousands of women who worked durissimamente, in conditions of slavery, “said Boldrini. And when the reporter asks if she is still so replied: “Much has changed, of course. The 1946 was the watershed year. Before women were ghosts, politically and socially. Many battles were fought: already in in 1946 the first woman mayor, Ada Natali, took care of the difficult situation of women who worked in the factories of hats. Many years have passed, yet it can still happen that you die of fatigue. If it is true that slavery was canceled in 1865 in the US, sometimes in our campaigns are very similar working conditions. like those who endured Paola Clemente, before I die. “

also on Facebook Boldrini wanted to tell his day in Puglia. Here is a passage: “ The illegal hiring and those who use them should be fought as mafias ,” he says the chairman of the House yesterday was in Mesagne in a demonstration against the illegal hiring. “He found the strength to speak even Stefano Arcuri, the husband of Paola Clemente, who died of fatigue last summer in Andria campaigns to collect grapes at 27 euro per day . I wanted to celebrate with them the first may, in Mesagne, in the province of Brindisi, in a farm confiscated from the Sacra Corona Unita and run by Libera. During an initiative organized by the CGIL Flai, I said that exploitation can never be tolerated ” .