A million of jobs. The Berlusconi election slogan seems to have come true, but in reverse. Because the jobs we are talking about are at a loss. In Italy the labor market is in a bad crisis and who is telling this are not the usual pessimists. According to the INPS, the italian social security institute, were payed off in a year almost a million applications of unemployment, 984,286, an increase of 52,2% over the same period of last year.These data were disclosed in a press conference in which the president and special commissioner of INPS, Antonio Mastrapasqua, was to present the results after one year of compulsory administration. And the data show our country between the beginning of August 2008 and the end of July 2009: totally different from what our government makes believe to italian families.
The figures are alarming even for the redundancy fund: in a year, from September 1st 2008 to August 31st 2009, the hours authorized for the treatment of wage integration topped 615.5 million, increasing by 222.3%. The total amount, said Mastrapasqua, is composed of normal redundancy payments (Cigo) which recorded an increase of 409.4%, and of extraordinary redundacy payments, which has seen a growth of 86, 7%, to 206,635,533 hours. In the corresponding period of 2007-2008, hours of redundancy payments were "only" 190,970,862.
To all requests, INPS had to respond with a grant of an annual average of around 5.292 euros. A little help to make less unbearable the period of unemployment, which can vary from six months to one year, but that is definitely nothing compared to prices in Italy.
"The economic downturn that the country has faced in recent months - says the report - has poured on INPS savings and offices the task of supporting workers in distress."
The figures are alarming even for the redundancy fund: in a year, from September 1st 2008 to August 31st 2009, the hours authorized for the treatment of wage integration topped 615.5 million, increasing by 222.3%. The total amount, said Mastrapasqua, is composed of normal redundancy payments (Cigo) which recorded an increase of 409.4%, and of extraordinary redundacy payments, which has seen a growth of 86, 7%, to 206,635,533 hours. In the corresponding period of 2007-2008, hours of redundancy payments were "only" 190,970,862.
To all requests, INPS had to respond with a grant of an annual average of around 5.292 euros. A little help to make less unbearable the period of unemployment, which can vary from six months to one year, but that is definitely nothing compared to prices in Italy.
"The economic downturn that the country has faced in recent months - says the report - has poured on INPS savings and offices the task of supporting workers in distress."
The liability of the crisis is not of the INPS. Istat, a few days ago, had calculated that in the second quarter of this year the number of italians unemployed, compared to last year, grew by 378,000 units. A rate accordingly amount to 7.4% from the previous 6.7% that confirmed the predictions of international organizations, OECD first of all.
Workers, families, statistical offices, Europe, in short, everyone seems to notice the unemployment problem that is destroying a generation, and leaves no great hopes for a fast recovery of Italy. All except one person, who continues to speak of optimism and doesn't worry about this problem.
Workers, families, statistical offices, Europe, in short, everyone seems to notice the unemployment problem that is destroying a generation, and leaves no great hopes for a fast recovery of Italy. All except one person, who continues to speak of optimism and doesn't worry about this problem.
Marianna Lepore
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