“Sinful, absolutely unfair, completely useless,
un-civic and irresponsible” is how CGIL leader Susanna Camusso qualified the
budget austerity plan approved by the Council of Ministers on August 12th
(see
our dispatch No. 110500), which the
Senate approved last night. In her
speech closing the large demonstration, yesterday in Rome, of the general 8-hour strike, she
warned: “We will not resign ourselves; we will keep fighting.” Referring to Article 8 of the maneuver, which
allows derogating from national collective agreements (CCN) and labor laws via
company or territorial agreements, she pointed out that “never in the history
of the Republic has a government taken advantage of a crisis so heavily to
destroy national collective agreements, laws and the Statute of Workers.” She promised that the CGIL would remain
mobilized on all fronts to have this standard abolished, turning to the Constitutional Court
and the European Court of Justice if necessary.
Adding that “each day will have its own initiative,” she gave the kick
off for a new season of union struggles, which many observers have already
called a “hot fall” – echoing that of 1969 which went down in history because
of its 300 million hours of strikes.
omised that the CGIL would remain
mobilized on all fronts to have this standard abolished, turning to the Constitutional Court
and the European Court of Justice if necessary.
Adding that “each day will have its own initiative,” she gave the kick
off for a new season of union struggles, which many observers have already
called a “hot fall” – echoing that of 1969 which went down in history because
of its 300 million hours of strikes.
Turnout.
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