Between 1991 and 2022, real wages have remained virtually unchanged, growing by just 1 percent, in contrast to OECD-area countries where they grew by an average of 32.5 percent. Notably, in 2020 alone (third in the year of the Covid-19 pandemic) there was a decline in real wages of -4.8 percent. It is the Inapp report that points to a situation of substantial wage stagnation that, over the past 30 years, has affected virtually only Italy. Inevitably, this reopens the debate on the minimum wage, and in particular on the majority's united proposal for a minimum wage ceiling of 9 euros per hour, which was rejected by the majority, which instead gave a delegation to the government to legislate within six months. According to 5 Star Movement Senator Elisa Pirro, it is proof that "the minimum wage is needed, and how: it is obvious to everyone except this majority that blindly wants to continue on its path and does not want to approve our proposal, which it has distorted to the point that signatures were withdrawn by the oppositions. We are asking them to take a step back and reconsider the establishment of a minimum wage threshold in our country".
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