The crisis of work in Europe and in Italy. Towards a radical change The economic crisis since 2008 has reduced income and destroyed jobs, and the economic recovery announced in 2014 will not reabsorb unemployment especially in Europe. ILO and IMF forecast a jobless recovery. Nevertheless, the...

EDF 2014: The Missing Sources for Growth. The Economic and Financial Document (EFD) 2014 for Italy describes a country which does not grow and will hardly grow even in the near future. The document announces a programme of structural reforms in the labour market and for competitiveness which...

In this paper we discuss three issues which the CGIL New Labour Plan (NLP) arises and are worthily to be stressed. The first issue is general, and regards the European context in which the Plan is placed, and in particular in the present European economic crisis in which austerity policy is...