Pushed globalization has not been interpreted in the best way: many analysts expected the world to become smaller, and instead we only discovered it to be worse. There is a lack of rules that allow true freedom of exchange, because the total absence of economic constraints has leveled the prices of goods requiring human labor downwards: their decline has corresponded to the lowering of workers' income and purchasing power.
And the quality of the products?
Worsened, with the use of terrible working conditions and unacceptable shifts for workers.
Made in Italy was among the most mortified global brands: among the productions most attacked by unfair competition, that of upholstered furniture stands out. Sofas, sofas, armchairs: since 2007 an army of Chinese irregulars has literally taken our country by storm, starting the production of enormous quantities of substandard products in dangerous structures without any rules. Offered for sale at an absolutely off-market price, these products are literally killing local craftsmanship: who benefits? Workers crammed into dormitories adjacent to the warehouses, without working hours and on starvation wages.
And certain large-scale distribution, since they are products developed in our territory, ride on a false 'made in Italy' born on the blood of the poor: no quality, no respect for ethics, a boomerang which, in the face of low prices, sends thousands of people onto the streets workers.
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Pasquale Natuzzi, founder of the group of the same name listed on the New York Stock Exchange and leader in the sector denounced unfair competition: 3200 employees in Italy, several factories around the world with skilled and fairly paid craftsmen, who could lose market share in the face of this attack. The future of the world economy will depend on the rules that the markets manage to establish for themselves: a world without barriers is what we all want, but not a world without limits.
Report, the popular journalistic transmission conducted by the good Milena Gabanelli has created an interesting one investigation on this phenomenon: come on video taken from the episode, a worrying picture emerges for the economy and work culture in our country.
Here are the links to take a look at it.
RAI Report website from which you can download the PDF of the interview.