Work, the government plan: more resources, training and controls

Rome « concrete interventions for work safety ». Premier Giorgia Meloni announced them yesterday in his interview with the Corriere. And this morning, in the Council of Ministers of 11, The government will give the green light to an allocation of resources to be allocated to measures to prevent accidents and deaths in the workplace. A choice linked to the celebration of the workers of May 1st, this year dedicated precisely to safety at work, defined by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella as a « priority » To fight « a plague that does not mention to stop ». For Meloni « it is unacceptable that every day is marked by deaths and accidents ».

Resource hunting

But what will win the CDM this morning will not be an ad hoc measure, as happened two years ago with the decree of May 1st approved on the workers’ day which provided, among other things, also the farewell to citizenship income. This time These are funds that the government has been looking for – between 100 and 200 million euros for days – to be made available for interventions and measures to improve safety at work. A hypothesis on which the executive works is that of Inail funds not spent. More training for workers but also intensification of checks on jobs some of the interventions at the study.

The measures to the study

However, new hires of inspectors should not arrive, nor further interventions on the points license In force since October 1, 2024 and for now limited only to the construction sector: 432,649 licenses have been issued so far. However, everything will be decided by opening an ad hoc table with the parties involved. Giorgia Meloni promised it: «We will make important resources available that we intend to use by comparing our proposals with those of the unions and employer associations: We will evaluate together what is most useful for the safety of workers». And this would be new.

The meeting with the unions

Several times the government has been accused by the unions of not being listened to on interventions at work or having done it with closed measures. This time The hunt for resources is accompanied by an opening to dialogue with all the social partners. The date is not yet fixedbut today’s intervention announced by Meloni appears a first step.

The criticisms of the CGIL

Despite this, the unions are very critical. The leader of the CGIL Maurizio Landini attacks: «We have not been summoned by anyone. We have presented a unitary platform for at least a year and a half on the issue of health and safety that to date has not been the subject of any confrontation and no discussion ». He will be in the procession of May 1st in Rome tomorrow in via dei Fori Imperiali. «It is no coincidence that we have put the theme of safety at the center of the event – he says -: the things done so far go in the opposite direction, including the fake of the points license. It would be good that workers did not remember once a year, the evening before 1 May, To say that they too know that workers exist. If the government wants to do a serious thing, put the money to increase wages and allow the renewal of contracts in public sectors ».

The leader Uil Pierpaolo Bombardieri is also skeptical, Always in the front row on the issue of security: « We have not been informed or called up, the comparison with the social partners is certainly not the strength of this government ». But he grants an opening: «We are always available anyway, but We would not want only to work at work, only on May 1st would be talked aboutsince December that we say that this government had not put a euro for safety and prevention.  » Meanwhile, the League, with the Undersecretary for Labor Claudio Durigon, announces a bill on Equi wages.