2024 will not be archived as a happy year for industrial relations. The Yearbook of Work, published by Work diary directed by Massimo Mascini, who is also the curator, looks reality in the face and does not give anyone any discounts. There is no need to tear one's clothes, but the road to industrial relations is uphill. An overview of the world of work in 2024 like that of the Yearbook is unique, not only for the completeness of the diary of events that spans 370 pages (!) but for the thematic insights it brings with it, and makes one think.
The diary of events, collective bargaining, legislation, industrial relations actors, business associations, portraits of work and stories of work are the main chapters of the Yearbook and are a mine of news but Analysis and insights are the heart and at the same time the most intriguing part of the entire publication. “The sustainable enterprise” by the former Minister of Labour, Tiziano Treu, “Strike and trade union cultures” by the sociologist Gian Primo Cella, “The lost unity, without any resignation” of the former confederal secretary of the Cisl, Raphael Morese, “The workers and the left” by the sociologist Mimmo Carrieri, “The entropy of politics and the 'broken cup' of the left” by the former confederal secretary of the Cgil, Gaetano Sateriale, “Workers' participation in innovation in medium-sized enterprises” by the sociologist Luciano Pero, “The disaster of inflation” by the journalist of “la Repubblica”, Maurizio Ricci and “Change at the top, how it works in the unions” by the deputy director of the Diario del lavoro, Nunzia Penelope, These pages, along with the others, are absolutely not to be missed. But also very appreciable is the dedication of this edition of the Yearbook to a journalist of great professionalism and passion such as Marco Cianca who unfortunately left us a few weeks ago.