Category Archives: Public Employees

[en] Strikes and scuffles in Milan to defend public healthcare

Posted on 2013/05/09 by Struggles in Italy

Health workers across the Lombardia region took part in a 24-hour strike on Wednesday 8th May, as part of the ongoing struggle against 244 redundancies at San Raffaele Hospital. Already, 66 workers have been served with redundancy letters, effective immediately. … Continue reading →

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[en] Hospital workers fight police in Milan

Posted on 2013/04/21 by Struggles in Italy

It has been a week of renewed struggle at Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital, with mass meetings, rooftop occupations, demonstrations and fights with the police. After months of calm since the last round of protests at the end of 2012, Monday … Continue reading →

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[en] European strike: a list of (about) all demonstrations in Italy

Posted on 2012/11/16 by Struggles in Italy

Agrigento: demonstration outside the prefecture. Alessandria: in the bankrupt city, the protest was led by public employees, demonstrating against cuts by the central government. Ancona: approximately 1.000 people (students, workers, migrants) marched through the city. The movement part of the … Continue reading →

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[en] Transport workers in 24-hour strike

Posted on 2012/10/07 by Struggles in Italy

On October 2, urban transportation was blocked for nearly 24 hours in every Italian city, in a 1-day strike organized by several unions of public transport workers (Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugltrasporti, and Faisa-Cisal). Transport workers are protesting the missed renewal … Continue reading →

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[en] Alessandria: the first Italian city to face bankruptcy

Posted on 2012/09/02 by Struggles in Italy

After Sicily’s initial fears of bankruptcy which were settled with extraordinary state funding, for the first time an Italian city went bankrupt. Alessandria, in the northeastern Piedmont region, has 100 million euros of deficit. The missing money wasn’t spent on … Continue reading →

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[en] Workers protests against the Spending Review Decree

Posted on 2012/08/06 by Struggles in Italy

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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