(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 14 - "Remembering Luciano Lama on the hundredth anniversary of his birth means recalling the figure of one of the most prestigious leaders of the Italian trade union movement, an authoritative parliamentarian, a mayor loved by his citizens. The contribution he brought to history of our institutions, the ideal and civil legacy that characterized his life lesson, are a precious heritage for the civil science of the Republic ". This was written by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a message sent to the President of the" Giuseppe Di Vittorio "Foundation, FulvioFammoni, "Young partisan - continues Mattarella - participated in the Liberation from Nazi-Fascism. In the union he fought for labor rights, for a more equitable and just society,for the defense of democratic institutions. The trade union, as he himself has repeatedly pointed out, has been his school of life and a school of democracy. His action was accompanied by a high sense of national responsibility, which accompanied him in the trade union and political battles, always putting the general interests of the country on the subject ".
"He faced with force many bargaining on wages and rights without, however, hesitating, when the economic crisis imposed choices of moderation, to stipulate a pact between the productive forces in support of the value of wages and employment. Luciano Lama faced terrorism openly. who tried to take root in the factories and in the settlement of the left. His firmness had personal costs, which he never hesitated to face in the name of a good common superior: the safeguarding of democracy and the Constitution. His name, rightly, is placed among the architects of Republican democracy ", concludes Mattarella.
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