ITALY. 



THE MUTUAIv FUNDS FOR INSURANCE AGAINST THE ACCIDENTS 



OF AGRICUIyTURE. 



SOURCES : 



Ferrari (Prof. Prospero) ly'assiciirazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro in agricoltura (In- 

 surance against the accidents of agricultural labour), Rome, 1914. 



Atti del Congresso per le Mutue infortuni sul lavoro, con statuti e istruzioni per la 

 costituzione di'casse mutue infortuni sul lavoro (Proceedings of the Congress of the Mu- 

 tual Societies for the Accidents of lyabour, with statutes and instructions for the consti- 

 tution ot mutual funds for the accidents of labour). Milan, 19 February 1911. National 

 Committee of Agrarian Mutualitj'. Milan, Arti Grafiche, 1911. 



Statutes and Reports of the various Mutual Funds in Italy. 



A recent vote of the general council of the Istituto nazionale per la 

 muttwlita agraria, that the government might present to the chamber 

 as soon as possible the scheme for a law vi^hich vi^ould extend compulsory 

 insurance against the accidents of labour to fieldworkers (i), has revived 

 in Italy the discussion of this important problem which for long years 



(i) See in this connection, La Mutualitd Agraria, the organ of the Istituto Nazionale per 

 la Mutualitd, Agraria, Rome, no. 21, 30 Septembei IQ16. Recentli' the General I,abour Confe- 

 rence resolved as follows : " The directing council of the General I<abour Conference will reaf- 

 firm the preceding votes as to the necessity for that comprehensive insurance of labourers 

 against sickness, disablement and old age which will complete the insurance against accidents. 

 It will press the government to promulgate the pi-omised law as to the accidents of agriculture, 

 taking into account the principal requests which the organizations have made from time to 

 time namely : 



a) ihat the insurance be compulsory and protect without distinction all tillers of the soil 

 and farm labourers, including small labourer-proprietors. 



b) that the right of agricultural labourers to insure against temporary disablement be 

 recogn-zed ; 



c) that insurance be entrusted to the compulsory mixed unions, their function being 

 completed by the insurance of the National Accidents' Fund ; 



d) that simultaneously with the promulgation of the law as to the accidents of agricul- 

 ture more equal representation be given to labourers, on the council and committee of the 

 National Accidents' Fund. 



