in the streets together against the government and precariousness – Corriere.it

We are here to say that we will stand by those who mobilize to ask the government for measures that can heal the structural wounds of the labor market. Elly Schlein articulates these words loud and clear alongside the CGIL secretary Maurizio Landini, who invited her to a conference on precariousness, organized by Filcams (not by chance) at the Stazione Leopolda, temple of the Jobs act and for over 10 years in the limelight of renzism. We’ll be in the square, by your side, repeated the leader of the Democratic Party in front of dozens of delegates, who, after having affectionately embraced Landini behind the scenes, confirmed that she wanted to carry on with determination the reconstruction operation of that company which was dismantled piece by piece piece from the lib line of former leader Matteo Renzi. Today Schlein’s route is radically opposite: to the left, without ifs and buts. This is why he is continuing in the painstaking work of rebuilding relations with unions and intermediate bodies.

First time at the Leopolda

It’s the first time I’ve come to the Leopolda, nice: today here is a place of mobilization against precariousness, explains Schlein. Then the second jab against the former prime minister: Since we are in a particular place, it will be mine and our care in this new course of the Democratic Party to try to humbly rebuild a relationship based on listening and also based on the recognition of the errors that have been been done in previous years, and which have produced deep social fractures with you, with the workers, with the workers and with the trade union representatives. Renzi collects and replies with irony: If the CGIL and Schlein are at the Leopolda to make news, I say that’s okay, I’m happy for them. Those of the dem leader are strong and clear messages, which have a precise objective: to bring home all those voters who have fled elsewhere. a challenge within the challenge. Because the secretary is not only committed to relocating the Democratic Party to the left, but also has to deal with the enemy-friend Giuseppe Conte, a potential ally, but also the leader of the M5S, a party to which the Democratic Party (at least according to the polls) is eroding several votes after Schlein’s victory in the primary. The competition with Conte is increasingly bitter and in the light of the sun: the relationships are apparently collaborative, but the patchy alliances in the municipal elections to be held in ten days show that, in reality, the feeling is almost non-existent. So much so that next Saturday, in Bologna, Schlein will be in the square with the CGIL, CISL and UIL to protest against the Meloni work decrees, while Conte will remain in Rome, sending a delegation from the Movement to the procession.

Conte’s demonstration

a politically clear signal, also because the leader of the Five Stars is working on a major labor demonstration, which should be held in June. The target? Break away from Schlein’s growing popularity. At Leopolda, the words of the secretary of the Democratic Party are clear-cut, but they do not seem to inflame the audience of trade unionists, probably still too distant in terms of identity and politics. A loud applause, the dem leader tears it up for when she presses her hand on a precise point: This country would need to limit fixed-term contracts, it would need to make a law on representation that could wipe out pirate contracts, and also fight wages so low – he concludes -. This government has launched a wedge cut that is not structural, temporary: precisely this sharp increase in precariousness and blackmailability is hidden. The secretary of the Chamber of Labor nods. Then he says: Anyone has the right to demonstrate, we go to the square with our positions and they are open to everyone, when we demonstrate we invite everyone: whoever agrees with us participates. And finally a last lunge against Meloni: If the government, first, does not put a euro to renew public contracts, a message that is also given to private categories who must instead arrive at the renewal of the contracts themselves.