US EditionThousands of workers march across Italy in general strike demanding better pay and services
- Thousands of teachers, health care workers, and trash collectors protested in Italy to demand better pay and services, citing low salaries and government policies that weaken public services.
- The most powerful trade unions organized an eight-hour strike and marches across Italy against Premier Giorgia Meloni’s budget proposal.
- The strike caused ITA airlines to cancel dozens of flights and disrupted schools, hospitals, and local transport services.
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Thousands of teachers, health workers, cleaners and other employees left their work for eight hours throughout Italy to protest against the decline in purchasing power, persistently low wages and the policies of the premier Georgia Meloni, which, they claim, have weakened public services. Complainants claim that their demands are not only against the authorities, but against employers. The average annual salary in the country is 37 thousand doll…
43 protests held across Italy against Giorgia Meloni government's latest budget
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Hundreds of thousands of Italian workers stage general strike against Meloni's policies
ROME, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of workers in Italy staged an eight-hour strike on Friday, protesting against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's 2025 budget, rising living costs, and low wages. Read full story
Protests against the budget: The largest union headquarters managed to stop health care, public administration and education, partially transport.
Thousands of workers paralysed Italy this Friday in a general strike called by the main unions of the country to protest against the General Budgets that the government of Giorgia Meloni plans to approve in the coming days. From Milan to Naples, doctors, students, professors and professionals from all sectors took to the streets in the more than 40 demonstrations called and in which also the opposition leaders were present.
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