The anti-corporal law? Fascism did it in 1926. And Badoglio abolished it
Of Antonio Pannullo
Il "corporal" he is the figure of an illegal intermediary between landowners and unskilled labor. It is a plague that has always been present, and in Italy it has joined forces with organized crime, especially in the centre-south. The word "caporalato" has returned to the spotlight in recent days due to the incidents involving foreign seasonal workers in Puglia, ma è un male antico, a “liberal” evil. In the 2016 the Chamber approved the so-called anti-corporal law, which however evidently had no effect on the phenomenon, probably due to poor controls by the authorities. The magazine and blog Colonial Italy but, directed by Alberto Alpozzi, reminds us that the gangmaster was fought and defeated, like the rest of the mafia, from fascism, that in 1926 I passed the law 563, called "union law", perfected and modified until 1938 with other rules aimed at “balance the interests of employers with those of workers in an equitable manner by protecting, in any case, the superior interests of production". Colonial Italy, in the piece by Maria Giovanna Depalma, also remember that these revolutionary regulations, included in the fascist corporate and labor code, they were valid not only in Italy but also in the colonies, which contributed to abolishing slavery and serfdom in Italian Africa, flourishing until the conquest of East Africa by Italy.