Interview with a young engineering precarious
" In Italy a young man in four is unemployed." These eight words would be enough to finish an article that has a strong content with a lapidary social protest, unfortunately this is added a dramatic edge: a policy that fails to respond, trade unions obsolete, cultural apathy, a public school fails, a public debt of underdeveloped country, an industry that does not invest, without planning and an economy that flounders.
between the status of unemployed and the employed is part of the precarious, a new social class that looks like a stage for many young people forced from the field no matter where you work, you move from school to university precarious from the call center to precarious precarious business centers coming to the precarious workers, frequently speaks of these men and these women often escape an uncertain future, but some details, and we focus on the "simple" lack of a permanent position, however, that the time will come.
The voice of youth are often left unheard, in the words of young people in precarious employment and economic burden of the problems that plague our country adds a dramatic social aspect: the lack of any kind of solidarity among workers in any category they belong, anguished war between the poor surrounded by a dangerous spirit of individualism.
interviewed a twenty year old engineering, hired on short term contracts.
" What it means to be insecure? "
The insecurity has become a nightmare that haunts me, I have no certainty about my future. Every time you pass through the gates of the factory, I still wonder if what I am learning will help me, but I have to give my best and perform any operation looking to shorten the time showing production in the eyes of my foreman, and then holding, also my precarious status of not only allows me to buy a car but even I can not even plan a picnic, if my phone rings I have to be ready.
" What does it mean in 2010 looking for work in the factory at your age?"
the permanent job at the factory for me is the only way to stay in my home town, otherwise the only way forward is to go on.
" What is the length of contracts?"
Many contracts are made weekly or monthly, to the more fortunate is renewed every three months, however, depends on the company, by the demands of production, I I feel lucky because I do not have mortgages to support living with my parents but I think the many fathers that with the closure of some small and medium sized factories, even after ten years of work have to work as temporary.
" How are unable to find work in a factory?"
work in a factory, paradoxically, remains a privilege, there is no selection on merit, often not even say the talks, to "enter the factory," you need knowledge or in the political world or in the union, otherwise you have to have a family member who works there already, the guys who manage to find a job through the agencies are miracles.
This creates a serious conflict and suspicion among the workers behind the recruitment of each worker becomes automatic application of the other workers: "Thank you to those you get in? "From whom did you recommend?" This generates a climate of suspicion that puts all against all.
" What is the treatment works in the interim?"
At our factory in treatment come before the lack of any protection we can not join a union, we can not attend meetings of the factory, not We can strike or demonstrate our disssenso, we can not afford absences, the union for many kids is just a vehicle to get the job, we add the request to extend our working hours.
the company often requires the counter-round, ie if you start working at 6 am after
the end of the shift of 14.00 and with eight hours of rest, which is often greatly reduced because you need to calculate the time to go home and be back at work, you resumed working with the night shift of 22.00, in practice a day spent entirely in a department of the establishment, often in four days and will support four different shifts in specific situations is even required two rounds, 16 consecutive hours of work, and then it comes to quality work.
missing from a minimum, we have even afraid to take temporary leave accrued at the end of each contract and that are cleared, Then there are the problems related to severance pay and security, the first day of work they put me to drive the truck
that requires a license for guidance, I showed my concern to the head of department told me annoyed that the truck was taken from the most without license and even then I would have had to adjust otherwise I could go home.
" Describe your relationship with the other workers, with unions, with the heads of department?"
I entered the factory with the myth, albeit faded, the working class, now after having worked I can say that this myth does not exist unfortunately, lacks the unity fundamental that should link the various relationships between blue-collar work: solidarity, egoism, individualism and careerism have penetrated even in the departments of the factories and our agency, we feel even more alone, just an argument to question your conduct.
Added to this is a weak union, and in some cases self-referential, with the heads of department and senior management is the relationship of subordination: you must try not to be references to avoid the negative evaluation at the end of the contract otherwise may not be renewed.
addition, we are advised not to talk politics and take up positions outside the establishment, this should be added that lacks a clear and transparent so that the path is precarious employed on a permanent, it all depends on your skill and not from, on your ability or your commitment.
" How do you think the subject is treated precarious?"
The precarious situation is often misused but most lack the concreteness, we precarious are the weakest link in society, lacking any form of protection, underlie forever to blackmail companies hoping to find stability and we are immersed in a society that does not deal with us, or does so only marginally.
I hope that the precarious immediate future is put at the top the political agenda because it will continue to increase confidence in us all the frustration and inconvenience this will cause serious social in nature.
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