Susanna Camusso, the head of
Italy's biggest trade-union confederation CGIL, on Wednesday
said Italy is witnessing the return of "forms of servitude and
slavery in the work world", speaking at an assembly for
employees of broadcaster Sky. "Perhaps we see them as far away,
because they belong to the worlds of farming and building, but
when they become tolerated and permitted forms, then they can
expand," she said. CGIL has sponsored a referendum to curb the
use of widely abused vouchers for occasional work which critics
say have led to wage slavery, as they are being employed for
longer-term and sometimes steady jobs. Paolo Gentiloni's
government has promised legislation that may avert the
referendum. Sky TV is cutting staff as part of a restructuring
plan.
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