Four trade unions - Fp-Cgil, Cisl-FP, Uil-Fpl and CSA - came together on 6 June to organise a strike across Rome's municipal services. The action was in protest at threats to cut additional payments and plans for a reorganisation of services. Despite the scale of action the mayor of Rome has made no attempt to resolve the dispute even attacking the unions and claimed that they are not representative of workers. The unions are combining their action on pay to campaign among citizens about the impact on services of the planned reorganisation.
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