Labour and Environmental Sustainability : Italian Report

This monograph report investigates the labour-environment nexus with the lenses of the Italian industrial relations system. By looking into the historical evolution of industrial relations in Italy, the report analyses how, why and the extent to which environmental sustainability as a value and normative goal has been embraced by Italian trade unions, employers’ associations, firms and public authorities. Fails and successes of social partners and collective bargaining to deconstruct the trade-off between labour and the environment are discussed, along with the theoretical implications for labour law and industrial relations theory.