Premier Matteo Renzi on Friday
berated unions protesting his proposed labor reform.
"Where were you in the years that produced the greatest
injustice, (the divide) between those who do and don't have
jobs, between those with permanent and temp contracts?" Renzi
said.
"You only thought about waging ideological battles, and not
about people's real problems".
His government, said Renzi, wants to defend the rights of
those who have none.
"We will defend them with serious, concrete measures," the
premier said.
"We don't want Thatcher's labor market, but a just one,
with equal rights for all citizens," he said after CGIL labor
federation chief Susanna Camusso earlier accused him of
espousing Thatcherite views on labour reform.
His Jobs Act bill, said Renzi, seeks redress for all those
that have been neglected over the years.
"We're thinking of the ones with temp contracts, who are
condemned to a lifetime with no job security, a situation the
unions have contributed to by worrying only about the rights of
some and not all," Renzi said.
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