Forza Ken: LFIT supports Ken for London

Labour Friends of Italy (LFIT) supports Ken Livingstone’s election to Mayor of London on 3 May 2012. Today the Italian community in London is a vibrant body of organisations and individuals who contribute and participate in all aspects of British life. English-Italians and Italians living...

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Fortress Europe (part II): The spectre of the Australian Howard

by Sohail Nazir – LFIT expert on immigration issues He has always considered himself G.W. Bush’s junior sheriff, always willing to take care of nearby countries and conflicts of the wide southern Pacific Ocean. Well-behaved, married, conservative with Christian values. Who else could this be...

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The ‘human factor’: what we must learn from Japan and Libya.

Giovanni Faleg writes for ‘ilMille’ an article about what the international institutions must learn from the natural disastre in Japan and the Libyan rebellion. The article, in Italian , is available by clicking...

The ‘human factor’: what we must learn from Japan and Libya.

The importance of centralized collective bargaining: Mirafiori and the lessons (not) to be learned from Germany

picture by CaGi   By Chiara Benassi PhD Candidate at LSE, Department of Management c.benassi@lse.ac.uk   Since December 23, 2010, the FIAT plant at Mirafiori (Turin) is no longer covered by the national collective agreement. Instead, a special agreement was signed by two of the...

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March 22nd, 2012 · by Fulvio Menghini · LFIT Headlines, LFIT News

Labour Friends of Italy (LFIT) supports Ken Livingstone’s election to Mayor of London on 3 May 2012. Today the Italian community in London is a vibrant body of organisations and individuals who contribute and participate in all aspects of British life. English-Italians and Italians living in London are active in media and entertainment, the arts, more...

April 28th, 2011 · by l.marini · LFIT News, LFIT Think tank

by Sohail Nazir – LFIT expert on immigration issues He has always considered himself G.W. Bush’s junior sheriff, always willing to take care of nearby countries and conflicts of the wide southern Pacific Ocean. Well-behaved, married, conservative with Christian values. Who else could this be other than John Howard, the former Australian prime minister? You more...

March 21st, 2011 · by l.marini · LFIT News, LFIT Think tank

Giovanni Faleg writes for ‘ilMille’ an article about what the international institutions must learn from the natural disastre in Japan and the Libyan rebellion. The article, in Italian , is available by clicking...

March 16th, 2011 · by l.marini · LFIT News, LFIT Think tank

picture by CaGi   By Chiara Benassi PhD Candidate at LSE, Department of Management c.benassi@lse.ac.uk   Since December 23, 2010, the FIAT plant at Mirafiori (Turin) is no longer covered by the national collective agreement. Instead, a special agreement was signed by two of the three metalworker trade unions, FIM-CISL and UILM, and then ratified more...