The conflict between the government and the Unions

In the last months, in Italy the conflict between the government and the Unions has became more intense. The government is not going to back up on the so much needed reforms in the job rules, the structure of the parlament, the election system. All these reforms are intended to modernize the Country and make it more competitive on the international market. It looks like everybody should be happy about that. There is instead a strong opposition from some of the Unions. According to these folks, the reforms will erode workers's right and will bring more uncertainty. One of the problems Italy have, is that job market is currently too still, with little opportunities for the companies to fire and even less opportunity for an unemployed to find a job. This, together with the high taxation, has reduced year by year the value of the salaries, that have not kept up with the prices rising and with the increasing taxation. The unions for decades were focused on the same issues of maintaining or increasing workers's right, buying these rights from the companies with low requests on the salary side, and selling them to the workers as big conquests of civilization. They completely failed in understanding how the world was evolving around them. Unfortunately they were not alone, also the governments and many industries were in the same situation. Now that the government has finally realized how urgent it is to turn page, they, or some of them, try to oppose the change, reproposing the same mantra of untouchable rights that they have used for the last 20 years....