«We have to look at the 2025 Workers’ party with disenchanted eyes: workers are changing. Not only because the work changes, but also, and perhaps above all, because the culture of work changes. The most evident thermometer are the data relating to employment. In the craftsmanship of the Treviso brand, half of the positions sought by companies are missing on average. All sectors are touched by this lack of labor. In 2023 the companies of the Treviso brand lost 269 million euros in terms of less added value due to the lack of skills. It is a now consolidated tendency, testifying to a different relationship with the work that young people have above all »explained Armando Sartori, a new president of Confartigianato Imprese Trevigiana Marca, on the occasion of the 2025 workers’ party.
“This process has strong repercussions on the sustainability of the” territory system “of our province where there are 21,803 artisan companies and guarantee employment to 60,677 workers. Some positive signal is recorded: one -hander is a company in the Treviso brand, guided by Under 35, compared to the total of the companies managed by young people in the province. The young artisan entrepreneurs represent 9.2% of the total of the craftsman, higher than 8.7% in the region. female conduction those are 16.4% of the total artisan enterprises in the province and 21.1% of total “pink” companies. The craftsmanship is also well represented by foreign businesses: in Treviso are 3,981, equal to 18.1% of the total craft companies and 40.5% of foreign management companies “continues Sartori” data that confirm the work done, but also the challenges that have yet to be faced. For this reason, Confartigianato companies Marca Trevigiana has dedicated a moment of reflection and in -depth analysis precisely to the changes of workers, as part of its “future company” project, dedicated to the great transformations of our time. Taking responsibility for young people is easy and wrong. In the post Pandemia the labor market was dynamic, but we continue to have too many inactive. This also depends on the deficiencies of our educational and training system, not infrequently spoiled by self -referential attitudes that limit dialogue with the production world. It is still difficult to recognize the educational value of the work. Without neglecting that in the Mismatch between demand and demand of work, in addition to the educational and training contents of the school courses, there is also a big problem of study orientation “.
“Obviously there is not only the responsibility of the school. There are other factors that make an attractive job for workers, starting from the wage hub. Also in this case we must disenchant with reality: with the same roles, a job in Italy costs more than in Germany and France, despite the salary is lower. The boulder of the taxman and a hypertrophic bureaucracy weighs on our companies. In summary: the response of politics is inadequate to the challenges of work. It is a question of priority, and therefore of choices, in economic policies. For example, the human capital can not be considered less than energy. It is a precious asset that must be treated in a systematic way and on this also the craftsmanship must work more. A commitment that concerns the report on staff finding channels, second level bargaining, but also corporate welfare and working times “adds the president” must still adopt tools that make the artisan company attractive, especially for the younger generations. With the corollary of an ever closer relationship with the school, both on the level of orientation, and on that of the school-work alternation and of the collaborations between companies and centers of training of the territory, to adapt the study programs to the evolution reality of companies. In the background we cannot forget the demographic factor. In 2030 in the region we will have 400 thousand people of working age (15-40 years) less. For ten years the baby boomers will support the labor market, but not beyond. We cannot imagine supporting our manufacturing system and services without a contribution of immigration. In 2024 in the Trevigiana brand on over 76 thousand revenue of workers, over 16 thousand concerned immigrants, 21.3%».
«I conclude with a more general consideration. Modern companies serve people formed not only from the technical point of view “closes Sartori” just the explosion of technology requires workers with critical ability and assumption of responsibility. Workers are needed who do not flatten their role on the “machines”. It is necessary to training and for this reason it is necessary to focus on businesses, in particular through theoretical and practical learning. The need for a co -producing of the educational paths of the school and universities with businesses is increasingly heard, to which must be recognized an all -round educational value “.
-The numbers of craftsmanship
Italian craftsmanship represents one of the pillars of the demand for work. If artisan companies employ 2.6 million employees, equal to 14.5% of the total and non -agricultural sector total, in Veneto this percentage rises to 16.1%: the Venetian artisan companies recorded at 2024 are 119,861 of which 21,803 in the brand, occupy 311,749 workers, of which 60,677 in the Treviso companies. A third of these represents the construction sector (40,638 companies, including 7,744 Treviso with 77,784 employees, of which 15,650 operating in the brand) which has opened 686 new companies during the year, 96 in our province. Light drop, on the other hand, food and wood where the balance in the year ends respectively with -108 activities (of which 49 closures in Treviso) and -146 of which 35 Treviso. The largest numbers of employed in Veneto craftsmanship is distributed in the mechanical sectors (49,969 employees/ 10.401 Treviso), construction (77.784/ 15.650 Treviso), food (28.309/ 5.386 Treviso), Wellness (26,556/4.823 Treviso) and fashion (23,231 employees/ 4.562 Treviso).
Women, young and foreign. If the companies surveyed in Veneto in December 2024 there are almost 120,000 there are 20,332 (3,562 Treviso) female management companies, equal to 17% (16.4% Treviso) of the total crafts enterprises and 20.1% (21.1% Treviso) of the total female businesses, 10,586 companies led by young people under 35 (2.018 Treviso) equal to 8.7% (9.2% (9.2% (9.2% Treviso) of the total artisan enterprises and 31% (33.1% Treviso) of total youth management companies, and 19,758 foreign management companies (3,981 Treviso), 16.3% (18.1% Treviso) of the total craft enterprises and 36.4% (40.5% Treviso) of foreign management companies.
