Italy: controversy over joining the general strike organized by the iron and steel workers and civil service of the CGIL

ganized by the Fiom and the public service of the CGIL has received, according to the Fiom, an average 70% backing in the iron and steel industry. However, the employers’ association Federmeccanica and the Fim-Cisl union minimize participation in the strike. (Ref. 090177)

700.000 participants: this is the figure issued by the
organizers of the general strike, the first organized in the history of Italian
trade unionism, by the Fiom and the public service federation of the CGIL. These organiza