A rally in Rome to support the archaeologist who lost his job after report on Rai3

Everyone has been talking about it in recent days, especially on social media: the young archaeologist Niccolò Daviddi, who during the program Agorà on Rai 3 told about his working conditions in the cultural heritage sector, reported that he lost his job right after the airing of the report in which he was featured. Daviddi, 32, a master’s degree in archaeology from the University of Florence and a doctorate in progress at the Rome branch of Berlin’s Humboldt Universität, lives in Rome and worked for a company active in the field of preventive archaeology, dealing with in-progress surveillance at road construction sites in Rome to monitor the possible discovery of archaeological finds during excavation work for the laying of underground utilities.

Following his account in which he denounced the low pay and lack of rights in the industry, Daviddi reported that he was ousted from the company WhatsApp group where construction sites were assigned, thus finding himself effectively unable to continue in his occupation. All this was done without notice and without any communication from the archaeological company: in fact, Daviddi works under a VAT number.

The affair has made noise, not least because it occurred in the midst of the national debate about the scarcity of labor in various market sectors and the need to introduce a minimum wage. To offer support to Daviddi but also to turn the lights on this issue, USB-Unione Sindacale di Base and Mi Riconosci, an association that fights for the dignity of cultural labor, have convened a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Labor on Friday, June 24, at 3:30 p.m., calling together all those who recognized themselves in Dr. Daviddi’s story.

“There is a major problem to be addressed that concerns, first and foremost, wages that have been stagnant for 30 years and the widespread precariousness caused by the lack of controls and the wide sleeve granted to employers on increasingly flexible contracting, which increasingly erodes the rights of those who work,” the organizers explain. “The Cultural Heritage sector is just one piece in a larger mosaic,” adds Niccolò Daviddi himself, who will be present in the square. “My story offers evidence of how, in our country, workers, both young and old, are really treated and what conditions they are subjected to: involuntary part-time contracts, low wages, forced p.iva with starvation wages that often hide salaried work, instability and lack of proper contracting. This is why we must raise our heads.”

In the photo: Niccolò Daviddi

A rally in Rome to support the archaeologist who lost his job after report on Rai3

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