President Meloni’s statement on the labour agreement reached between social partners

The agreement reached this morning between the social partners on job quality and representation marks a historic milestone in innovating trade union and industrial relations in Italy. This is a decisive step to boost workers’ pay and make our economic and production system more competitive and better able to address the complex challenges of our time. As the Government, we are proud to have helped achieve this goal: we have respected the social partners’ independence and, through the ‘Labour Decree’, we have anchored fair wages to quality collective bargaining. I thank Minister of Labour Marina Calderone and all the trade unions and employers’ organisations for their contribution throughout each phase of this process: this is a demonstration of the fact that, when the ‘Sistema Italia’ works together in the same direction, it is possible to achieve concrete results and benefits for everyone. Today marks the start of a new phase in the world of work and production, and the Government will continue to do its part to consolidate this progress. [ Courtesy translation ]

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Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri