Unions pleased by support for joint strike action

Italy

The public sector union federations FP-CGIL, CISL-FP, UIL-FPA and UIL-PA organized joint strike action on 19 December in protest at the latest austerity measures. The federations were very pleased at the level of support, taking account of the fact that they had only week to organize the action. They are calling for negotiations with the unions over national and decentralized bargaining as well as issue such as threat to privatize local services.
Read more at > FP-CGIL (IT)
And at > CISL-FP (IT)
And EPSU solidarity message at > EPSU

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