Monthly Archives: August 2012

[en] The Politics of Generations in Present-Day Italy

Posted on 2012/08/30 by

Introduction Earlier this year, in July, the executives of the Nestlé plant in San Sisto (Perugia) made an appalling proposal: workers may give up 25% of their salary and working hours to obtain, in return, a guaranteed workplace for their … Continue reading →

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[en] Workers occupy coal mine in Sardinia

Posted on 2012/08/27 by

On August 26 at night around 30 workers went down to 373 meters deep in their mine in Gonnesa, Sulcis. The province of Carbonia-Iglesias, in the South East side of Sardinia, in 2009 turned out to be the poorest of … Continue reading →

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[en] Update about Castelnuovo Scrivia migrant workers’ struggle

Posted on 2012/08/24 by

Two months into their struggle, the migrant workers at Castelnuovo Scrivia have started up new strikes. On August 3, the workers demonstrated at Alessandria, where they enjoyed the support not only of the labor union, political party and associations that … Continue reading →

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[en] Court ruling allows Ilva plant to keep running

Posted on 2012/08/10 by

The court in Taranto has partially reversed an order to close the Ilva plant, allowing it to keep running while improvements are made. The improvements are meant to reduce the steelworks’ environmental impact and make it less polluting. Three executives … Continue reading →

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[en] Workers protests against the Spending Review Decree

Posted on 2012/08/06 by

The Decree Although a wave of protest mounted across the nation, on July 31 the Spending Review decree was approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The bill will now have to pass in the Senate. The spending review imposes the … Continue reading →

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[en] Strike in Ilva plants all over Italy

Posted on 2012/08/03 by

Today Ilva, the biggest steel industry in Europe, has stopped for a 24 hour strike. Its plant in Taranto, the most important steelworks in the whole continent, was stopped by a judicial measure by reason of the immense damages it has … Continue reading →

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[en] Bologna remembers the victims of 1980 fascist massacre

Posted on 2012/08/03 by

Yesterday, as every August 2nd since 1980, citizens, political organizations, and various institutional representatives marched through the streets of Bologna to remember the massacre that struck the city during the terrible years of terrorism. 32 years ago a bomb was … Continue reading →

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