https://revolting-europe.com/2012/11/22/italys-new-productivity-deal-a-critique/ On Europe, the left, labour and social movements Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://revolting-europe.com/2012/11/22/italys-new-productivity-deal-a-critique/#comment-2864 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:26:32 +0000 https://revolting-europe.com/?p=5516#comment-2864 [...] [en] Italy’s new productivity deal: a critique – Revolting-europe.com [...]

]]> https://revolting-europe.com/2012/11/22/italys-new-productivity-deal-a-critique/#comment-2361 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:29:58 +0000 https://revolting-europe.com/?p=5516#comment-2361 Cremaschi is right, it is a class scam. As are all the so called austerity measures. Why do these measures, applied across the EU, apply only to the mass of working people and the poor of our nations. Where are the “pacts” for bankers and financiers? Where are the “pacts” for politicians?
The lact of any measures or sanctions for these groups leaves us with the same old system that got us here in the first place. No golden parachutes for the workers, no bonus for those on benefits just a new productivity pact which will destroy national agreements and allow employers to destroy gains made over decades of trade union struggles.
This “pact” widens the equality divide and pits worker against worker and allows employers to dilute workers rights. Why am I surprised? This is a trend in all so called developed countries and a warning to us all about who we elect and how we elect them. No one can argue about an effective an efficient workforce as well as an effective and efficient finance system not to mention an efficient (for that read not corrupt) government, but the so called solutions seem to be applied disproportionately across these groups.

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