Italy: national Fiom demonstration for “Democracy at work”

“Empty factories and a full Piazza San Giovanni.”  This is what Maurizio Landini, leader of the Fiom, wants for the national mobilization day called by the CGIL’s union for tomorrow, Friday, March 9.  The goal?  “To recover national collective agreements,” “defend article 18” on the reinstatement of workers unjustly laid off (see our dispatch No.  110798), to put an end to “scandalous precariousness,” also by universally extending social dampers, supporting Fiat’s workers, deprived of representation by the Fiom, and “keeping this system from spreading.”  In the middle of talks on the labor law reform, it is also a message for the Prime Minister, Mario Monti, who repeatedly declared that he would go through with it “with or without the social partners.”  The national demonstration should set a record, rallying those who are opposed to the policy of the “technical” government, students, pensioners, permanent and precarious workers, as well as numerous associations and movements. 
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m spreading.” In the middle of talks on the labor law reform, it is also a message for the Prime Minister, Mario Monti, who repeatedly declared that he would go through with it “with or without the social partners.” The national demonstration should set a record, rallying those who are opposed to the policy of the “technical” government, students, pensioners, permanent and precarious workers, as well as numerous associations and movements.

Grounds for mobilization. On February 28, Maurizio L

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