Young people and active citizenship. What perception of labor unions in adolescents from Puglia? An empirical investigation

In recent decades, the issue of political participation of young people and active citizenship has been the subject of debates, research and studies. In recent years, the crisis of trust in politics had a significant impact even in those intermediate institutions, such as labor unions, once more attractive for all those young people passing from school to the world of the work. However, how much do young people know about the reality of labor unions? How do teenagers from Puglia perceive such unions today? How can we attract young people for active citizenship also involving in labor unions? The empirical research carried out on a sample of one thousand upper secondary school students from Puglia, tried to answer these questions.