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MAURIZIO COPPOLA from the Italian leftist party Potere al Popolo talks to Muhammed Shabeer of People’s Dispatch about the policies of the far-right government in Italy and the campaigns by the Italian working class to resist the anti-worker, anti-refugee and misogynist policies of the ruling coalition
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CAN you tell us about Potere al Popolo’s campaign to ensure a minimum wage of €10 per hour in Italy. What has been the government’s response to instituting a minimum wage in the country?
Italy is one of a few countries in the European Union without a legal minimum wage; 21 out of 27 EU countries have instituted minimum wages.
In Italy, minimum wages are only determined in collective labour agreements, but these salaries are often very low — around €4-6 per hour.
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