(ANSA) - ROME, APR 30 - President Sergio Mattarella said he
was happy that jobs were growing in Italy in a speech for
Wednesday's May Day or Labour Day in Calabria Tuesday.
"The employment data as a whole show significant growth. The
positive trend concerns a large part of Europe, Italy in the
lead, and this is a source of great satisfaction for all of us,"
he told an audience of trade unionists, workers and local
officials.
"It is good news that the number of jobs has increased, and also
the number of permanent contracts. So is the growth in female
employment.
"Of course, we must not forget the social and territorial
disparities that persist; the excluded; the phenomenon of
precarious and underpaid jobs.
"The low wage level of young people's first entry into the world
of work, which induces many of them to go abroad for better
conditions'. (ANSA).