“In our country, the decline in the population and the loss of traditional professions that young people no longer want to undertake will force us to completely review our immigration and training policies.”
Thus in a note Alessandro Limatola, general secretary of Claai, association of crafts and small and medium-sized enterprises of Campania, regarding the alarm raised in the Confartigianato report on the difficulty of hiring, from which emerges that for Italian companies it is increasingly difficult to find manpower.
“The lack of manpower is now structural, no longer contingent – says Limatola – the substantial abolition of the citizen's income alone is not enough to fill the gap in both seasonal and stable employment in traditional professions.
Immigration policies need to be reviewed by putting a portion of migrants arriving in our country into work, especially in those areas where there is a greater need for laborers.
This – insists the general secretary of Claai – will serve to help production and regularise non-EU workers (often undeclared), will contribute to improving the accounts of the social security institution as well as ensuring decent working conditions for all and implementing training programmes which tend to better qualify and specialise the workforce, keeping in mind market demands”.
“The era of rejections “tout court” must end – he concludes – we must widen the net in a controlled manner, so as to perform a dual function: of reception and of improving efficiency and development in our country and in Europe”.
Article published on 20 August 2023 - 10:51
