Re: Italian unions declare general strike

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On 26 Mar 02, at 17:13, Johannes Schneider wrote:

> From the BBC website:
>
March 23 saw 1 million (according to cops) or 3 million (according to
demonstrators) in Rome.  Dominant color of march, at least from what I
saw on French/Italian tv was red.

Willl a union movement in motion just stop with union demands?  That's
one question I have.  What will it inspire elsewhere?

According to a Lexis-Nexus search, 5 major newspapers in the U.S.
carried the story. (Actually, the early edition of the NY Times carried it,
but later ones didn't and it wasn't posted.)

/greg

> Tuesday, 26 March, 2002, 16:01 GMT
> Italian unions declare general strike
>
> Italy's three largest unions are to stage a general strike on 16 April to
> protest against controversial labour law reforms, as relations with the
> government sink to new lows.

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