After the 24-hour strike organized by the independent unions, it is now the three big Italian union confederations’ turn to call for a strike against the planned Stability Act. But their strike will be national, not general, and will last for 4 hours. Mobilizing organized by November 15 will be managed by local and regional structures. The trade unions believe that this form of action is “more useful” than a general strike because their goal is to “get results in Parliament before November 15, when the law’s path is well under way,” explained CGIL leader Susanna Camusso. (Ref. 130644)
“For 5 years we’ve been adopting financial laws that fail to give answers to the country, with the risk of keeping it in a recessing state. We need the courage to shift weights,” Camusso said, reassessing the urgent need for a tax cut for workers and pensioners, “retrieving resources from the annuities fiscal reform.” Cisl leader Raffaelle Bonnani reminded that, for unions and employers, the tax issue was “the priority for the country’s growth.” Therefore, unions demand “concrete changes,” h
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