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Evoluzione della societa' e della politica in Italia e Statuto dei lavoratori (Evolution of Italy's society and politics and the Charter of Workers' Rights)

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  • Ida Regalia

    (Universita' degli Studi di Milano)

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Ripercorrendo per tappe gli ultimi cinquant'anni della storia d'Italia, il sociologo si interroga sui modi in cui i mutamenti socio-economico-politici della societa' abbiano influito sulla nascita, la definizione, la revisione e riadattamento progressivi dello Statuto dei lavoratori. E viceversa su quanto la presenza di questa legge, unica e fondamentale nel panorama delle relazioni industriali italiano, abbia inciso sulle dinamiche sociali nei luoghi di lavoro e nelle relazioni tra le organizzazioni degli interessi. Al termine del percorso, pur alla luce dei mutamenti radicali che hanno interessato l'economia e il lavoro negli ultimi decenni, lo Statuto non sembra essere divenuto obsoleto, come molti ritengono. Richiede piuttosto oggi di essere completato, per assolvere alla funzione originaria di promozione dei diritti costituzionali nel mondo del lavoro. Appare invece necessaria una modifica della logica originaria di promozione sindacale senza regole e senza misurazione della rappresentativita' per dare fondamenti piu' certi alla legittimazione del sindacato a agire. Reviewing the past 50 years of Italian history, the article explores from a sociological perspective the ways in which the main socio-economic and political changes of society have influenced the origin and definition, the revision and readjustment over time of the Workers' Statute. And vice versa, it reflects on how much this law - unique and fundamental in the Italian industrial relations scenario – has affected the dynamics of labor relations within workplaces and the relationships among the interest organizations. At the end of the exploration, even in the light of the radical changes affecting the economy and work in the last decades, the law does not appear to have become obsolete, as many believe: it requires rather to be completed, to fulfil its original function of promoting constitutional rights in the world of work. A modification of the original logic of union promotion without rules and without measurement of representativeness seems instead necessary to reinforce the unions' legitimacy to take action.

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  • Ida Regalia, 2021. "Evoluzione della societa' e della politica in Italia e Statuto dei lavoratori (Evolution of Italy's society and politics and the Charter of Workers' Rights)," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 74(293), pages 71-86.
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    Keywords

    Italian society and political economy; Charter of Workers' Rights; constitutional rights in the world of work; union promotion legislation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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