Italy: CGIL declares general strike for March 12

“The need to face the economic crisis and its impact on employment, the urgency to act at once to bring balance to the tax burden in favor of salaried workers and pensioners and amend the immigration policy are at the center of the CGIL’s mobilization and of the general strike of march 12.” This is how Gugliemo Epifani, CGIL general secretary, presented the union’s priorities during he meeting of the executive committee on January 26. Thus, on March 12, there will be a four-hour general strike and demonstrations throughout Italy.
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e general strike of march 12.” This is how Gugliemo Epifani, CGIL general secretary, presented the union’s priorities during he meeting of the executive committee on January 26. Thus, on March 12, there will be a four-hour general strike and demonstrations throughout Italy.

National industrial program to get out of the crisis. The CGIL notably criticizes the lack of a concrete government program for southern Italy, where the risk of “industrial desertification is becoming increasingly concrete.”

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