Federations unite in national demonstration

Federations from right across the public services will be united in national demonstration in Rome on 8 November over the continuing freeze of collective bargaining and the refusal of the government of any social dialogue about reform of public administration. The federations represent workers in education, health, safety and rescue services, universities, research bodies, public administration, social services and local government. In the lead up to the demonstration all the federations will be active in workplaces building for the march and making the arguments for the funding, training and

(May 2017) The four unions that organise care workers in the public (GÖD and younion) and private (vida and GPA-djp) sectors have come together to organise a national demonstration on 12 May. The key demands of the protest are for better funding for care and action to deal with the excessive workloads, stress and long working hours of many care workers. The unions want to see action to tackle staff shortages and national legislation on staffing levels.