Union calls for four-hour strike over government finances

Italy

The CGIL trade union confederation is calling on all its public and private sector members to support a four-hour strike on 12 March to protest at the way the government has responded to the economic crisis. The confederation notes the rise in unemployment and the dismissal of precarious workers in the education and central government sector. CGIL wants to see lower tax thresholds for workers and more effort put into dealing with tax avoidance and evasion. It is also calling for the regularisation of migrant workers’ status.
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