Monthly Archives: January 2012

[en] No-Tav demonstration in Torino

Posted on 2012/01/30 by

Saturday 28 January 2012, two days after the police blitz in which 41 no-tav activists were arrested or subject to precautionary measures, the “no-tav” movement demonstrates in Turin against that judiciary action with a march of about 10 thousands persons. … Continue reading →

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[en] Police repression against No-TAV movement

Posted on 2012/01/27 by

25 activists from all over the country were arrested in the repressive turn against NOTAV , while 15 more people were subject to precautionary measures and one french activist recived a prohibition of residence in Torino’s province, which includes the … Continue reading →

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[en] Servirail and Ferrotel workers in protest

Posted on 2012/01/23 by

Saturday the 21st of January in the morning “Mobilitiamo Messina”* a committee composed by trade unions, political and social organizations mainly but not only of left wing overtones organized a demonstration for the right of public transport, both locally and … Continue reading →

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[en] The Pitchforks Movement in Sicily

Posted on 2012/01/18 by

  What’s happening A strike and blockade action has started the 16 by the association representing Sicilian truck drivers (Associazione Imprese Autotrasportatori Siciliani) and soon collected support and spread among fishermen, farmers, builders, unemployed and other categories. The action is … Continue reading →

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[en] Separate agreement leads to expulsion of FIOM from Fiat Italian factories

Posted on 2012/01/18 by

Thousands of FIAT workers will no longer be represented by FIOM, the main Italian union of mechanical industrial workers. In a unilateral decision, on December 22 (2011), the main industrial group of Italy cancelled the collective bargaining agreement with its … Continue reading →

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[en] Omsa workers call to boycott

Posted on 2012/01/16 by

In 60 days, in Faenza, North of Italy, 239 Omsa workers will lose their jobs and their redundancy payments. One of the most important Italian textile productive centers will eventually terminate its activities. Omsa is one of the most important … Continue reading →

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[en] Fincantieri workers occupy Genova airport and strike in Palermo

Posted on 2012/01/04 by

300 Fincantieri workers – many of them on redundancy payment – have occupied Genova airport this morning, to protest against the lack of a convocation from the state institutions to discuss their future and against the reorganizational plan decided by … Continue reading →

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[en] Occupy Liberazione

Posted on 2012/01/03 by

The policies of austerity are already taking their toll, and “Liberazione,” the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PRC, now under the wider grouping “Federazione delle Sinistre,” Left-Wing Federation), might be an early victim. The newly formed government Monti … Continue reading →

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