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An employee at an optician shop shows her Covid-19 green pass a day
before it becomes obligatory for all workers either to show proof of >vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection to access >their workplaces.
An employee at an optician shop shows her Covid-19 green pass a day
before it becomes obligatory for all workers either to show proof of >vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection to access >their workplaces. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Thu 14 Oct 2021 10.35 EDT
Italy is bracing itself for further unrest and labour market mayhem as
the strictest vaccine mandate in Europe takes effect on Friday.
All workers will be obliged to present a coronavirus health pass before >entering their workplaces, a move that is expected to leave some
industries struggling with staff shortages.
The measure, an expansion of the green pass introduced in August, will >require public and private sector workers to have been double
vaccinated, to show proof of a negative test taken within the previous
48 hours or of having recently recovered from Covid-19.
Those who flout the rules face being suspended without pay or fined up
to 1,500 (1,270). Employers face fines for failing to check if staff
are complying.
More than 80% of the population over the age of 12 has been
double-vaccinated and the majority of Italians have taken the green pass
also required for dining inside restaurants, entering museums,
theatres and cinemas, and for use on planes and long-distance trains
in their stride.
However, protests over the workplace rule have gathered pace in recent
weeks, with a demonstration in Rome last weekend turning violent as >neofascist groups exploited the discontent.
The motive behind Italys green pass is to boost inoculations and
contain infections in the hope of avoiding another lockdown.
Although there was an increase in the number of people booking
vaccinations when the measure was first announced, especially among
young people, an estimated 2.5 million workers have not yet had the jab.
The majority of those refusing the vaccination are over the age of 50.
The issue has caused divisions among workers, with some vaccinated
people choosing to stay away from the workplace due to the presence of >non-vaccinated colleagues.
Confindustria, the Italian business lobby, strongly supports the
workplace measure. However, various industries are envisaging staff
shortages from Friday as workers hold strikes or simply choose to stay home.
Port workers across Italy have threatened to go on strike, while the >transport sector is facing a potential shortage of 130,000 workers.
Out of 400,000 drivers, we estimate that 30% do not have the green
pass, said Ivano Russo, the director general of Confetra, the transport
and logistics federation. On top of that, we fear for the foreign
workers, many of whom have been vaccinated with Sputnik or other
vaccines not approved by the European or Italian medicines agencies. We >therefore foresee a risk of severe blockage in the sector.
The agriculture sector is facing a similar dilemma with foreign farm
workers, the majority coming from eastern Europe, who have had the
unapproved Sputnik vaccine.
Meanwhile, an estimated 20% of Italys police force are unvaccinated, as
are between 10% and 20% of public transport workers.
Bar and restaurant workers also require the pass, although industry
officials say vaccine take-up has been high in a sector that was
severely affected by lockdowns.
Green pass opponents are planning further protests over the next few
days. Meanwhile, CGIL, Italys oldest trade union, has organised a >demonstration against fascism in Rome on Saturday after its headquarters
were ransacked by neofascists during the green pass protests last weekend.
The violence prompted calls for the extreme right party Forza Nuova and
other neofascist movements to be banned.
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An employee at an optician shop shows her Covid-19 ‘green pass’ a day
before it becomes obligatory for all workers either to show proof of
vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection to access
their workplaces.
An employee at an optician shop shows her Covid-19 ‘green pass’ a day
before it becomes obligatory for all workers either to show proof of
vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection to access
their workplaces. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Thu 14 Oct 2021 10.35 EDT
Italy is bracing itself for further unrest and labour market mayhem as
the strictest vaccine mandate in Europe takes effect on Friday.
All workers will be obliged to present a coronavirus health pass before
entering their workplaces, a move that is expected to leave some
industries struggling with staff shortages.
The measure, an expansion of the “green pass” introduced in August, will >> require public and private sector workers to have been double
vaccinated, to show proof of a negative test taken within the previous
48 hours or of having recently recovered from Covid-19.
Those who flout the rules face being suspended without pay or fined up
to €1,500 (£1,270). Employers face fines for failing to check if staff
are complying.
More than 80% of the population over the age of 12 has been
double-vaccinated and the majority of Italians have taken the green pass
– also required for dining inside restaurants, entering museums,
theatres and cinemas, and for use on planes and long-distance trains –
in their stride.
However, protests over the workplace rule have gathered pace in recent
weeks, with a demonstration in Rome last weekend turning violent as
neofascist groups exploited the discontent.
The motive behind Italy’s green pass is to boost inoculations and
contain infections in the hope of avoiding another lockdown.
Although there was an increase in the number of people booking
vaccinations when the measure was first announced, especially among
young people, an estimated 2.5 million workers have not yet had the jab.
The majority of those refusing the vaccination are over the age of 50.
The issue has caused divisions among workers, with some vaccinated
people choosing to stay away from the workplace due to the presence of
non-vaccinated colleagues.
Confindustria, the Italian business lobby, strongly supports the
workplace measure. However, various industries are envisaging staff
shortages from Friday as workers hold strikes or simply choose to stay home. >>
Port workers across Italy have threatened to go on strike, while the
transport sector is facing a potential shortage of 130,000 workers.
“Out of 400,000 drivers, we estimate that 30% do not have the green
pass,” said Ivano Russo, the director general of Confetra, the transport >> and logistics federation. “On top of that, we fear for the foreign
workers, many of whom have been vaccinated with Sputnik or other
vaccines not approved by the European or Italian medicines agencies. We
therefore foresee a risk of severe blockage in the sector.”
The agriculture sector is facing a similar dilemma with foreign farm
workers, the majority coming from eastern Europe, who have had the
unapproved Sputnik vaccine.
Meanwhile, an estimated 20% of Italy’s police force are unvaccinated, as >> are between 10% and 20% of public transport workers.
Bar and restaurant workers also require the pass, although industry
officials say vaccine take-up has been high in a sector that was
severely affected by lockdowns.
Green pass opponents are planning further protests over the next few
days. Meanwhile, CGIL, Italy’s oldest trade union, has organised a
demonstration against fascism in Rome on Saturday after its headquarters
were ransacked by neofascists during the green pass protests last weekend. >>
The violence prompted calls for the extreme right party Forza Nuova and
other neofascist movements to be banned.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
Italy & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
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