Italy’s labor mobilization during the red biennium far exceeded other countries

Evidence

Zamagni documents that in Italy the level of mobilization during the red biennium was “really exceptional” with respect to other countries: industrial disputes involved 30 percent of the labor force, while the percentage in other countries was around 20 percent (see Zamagni 1991, 151– 52). — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1665

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader red biennium narrative in chapter 4 and to comparative strike-mobilization rates across postwar Europe. — connects to: Red-years workers won the standardized eight-hour workday in Italy and Britain — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 359