Journal title ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA
Author/s Luca Castagna
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/306
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 65-86 File size 250 KB
DOI 10.3280/IC2024-306004
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Although no longer present in the public debate and mass media, the phenomenon of caporalato (namely, the employment of workers by gangmasters) gained momentum in the postwar period, especially in Southern Italy. The resurgence of caporalato emerged from the structural transformations brought about by State intervention in the labour market and its consequences. Based on sources from several archival collections as well as newspapers, this article investigates the reaction to the expansion of this peculiar form of illegal labour intermediation (especially in agriculture) in the province of Salerno. Moreover, it focuses on political and trade-union actors, such as Giuseppe Amarante and Abdon Alinovi. This article argues that the province of Salerno can be considered as an anti-caporalato laboratory: in this area the critical aspects of this phenomenon were explored, and proposals to improve workers’ conditions were brought forward. Such proposals paved the way for debates concerning other Southern regions, and the country as a whole.
Keywords: labour, caporalato (gangmasters), Southern Italy, intermediation, migrations, Province of Salerno
Luca Castagna, L’anti-caporalato nel secondo dopoguerra: l’“avanguardia” salernitana tra proposta politico-sindacale e attività parlamentare in "ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA" 306/2024, pp 65-86, DOI: 10.3280/IC2024-306004