Young Italian shopworkers: sick of insecurity
2012
6
37-40
fixed term labour contract ; precarious employment ; retail trade ; work organization ; working conditions ; work load ; young worker ; trade union document
Working conditions
English
Ill.
"One in five young workers in Italy works in retailing. Ten years of strong growth in this sector has given many young people a job. The downside is that most are casualised with few prospects and little task discretion; the work is both physically and psychologically draining, and accident risks are very high."
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