The Charter declared private enterprise to be the most efficient,[1] thus helping Mussolini to confirm the support of the rich industrialists who were the initial backers of Fascism.
[2] Article 1: "The Italian Nation is an organism having ends, life, and means of action superior to those of individuals, singly or in groups, of which it is composed.
But only the union legally recognized by, and subject to, the control of the State has the right to legally represent the entire category of employers or employees by which it is constituted [...]; or to stipulate collective labor contracts binding on all those belonging to the category; or to impose on them dues, or to exercise on their behalf delegate functions of public interest.
"Article 7: "The corporative State considers private initiative, in the field of production, as the most efficient and useful instrument of the Nation.
Collective contracts were able to ensure long term employment and large scale welfare including paid vacations and numerous other fringe benefits workers hadn't previously enjoyed.