US EditionItaly’s national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services
Tens of thousands protested budget plans, demanding more healthcare, education, and housing investments amid widespread transport and service disruptions, CGIL said.
- On Friday, CGIL, Italy's largest trade union, called a national strike that disrupted transportation, health and public schools across Italy, with tens of thousands of demonstrators joining nationwide.
- The strike targets the 2026 budget bill proposed by Premier Giorgia Meloni's conservative government, with CGIL demanding more investment in healthcare, education, housing, and workplace safety.
- Rail operators reported cancellations and delays on long‑distance and regional trains, following a major Portuguese walkout Thursday that severely disrupted travel and forced cancellations.
- The government defended the budget bill's aim to lower fiscal pressure and aid families, while Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister, and Matteo Salvini, Transport Minister, dismissed the strike's Friday timing.
- The action follows a major Portuguese strike on Thursday and a two-week interval since the previous Italian general strike by smaller trade unions, showing sustained labour unrest.
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Thousands strike and march in Italy against Meloni's budget
MILAN, Dec 12 - A national strike by Italy's largest trade union to protest against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's 2026 budget brought thousands onto the streets on Friday and disrupted trains, schools and other public services across the country. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Again, in recent months, public services - from transport to education to health - as well as private sectors have joined a general strike proclaimed by the largest trade union confederation, the CGIL, against the government's finance bill Meloni. Budget 2026, which is to be finally adopted by Parliament by the end of December, is judged by its protestors totally unsuitable for Italy's needs.
Italy's National Strike Called by Main Union Disrupts ...
Italy’s national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services
A national strike called by Italy’s largest trade union in protest against the government’s budget plans has widely disrupted transportation, health and school services across the country.
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Italy's national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services
A national strike called by Italy’s largest trade union in protest against the government’s budget plans has widely disrupted transportation, health and school services across the country.
The general strike launched today by the CGIL against the new budget law continues. The demonstrations have started in all the main cities of Italy. Cortei in Milan, Rome, Turin, Palermo, Naples and beyond. Following the inconveniences signaled and previewed in some city centers, above all regarding the transports. In Milan Atm lets know that from 8.45 to 15 the line M3 of the metro remains closed, regular instead M1,M2,M4,M5. For the buses and …
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