"millions" in Italian general strike

[Thomas Seay]

Glad you posted this one.  According to an article in
La Repubblica http://www.repubblica.it this is the
first time that ALL of the italian unions have
supported a general strike.  Even the union CISAL
which is close to
Forza Italia (Berlusconi's party) united with the
strike!

Let's hope that this is the first step towards
bringing the Berlusconi government down!

Summaries of the general strike by region can be found
at http://www.sherwood.it

Thomas
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> [can we please have one of these?]
> 
> Millions Take to Streets in Italian General Strike
> Tue Apr 16,10:45 AM ET
> By Crispian Balmer
> 
> ROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians staged a
> general strike on 
> Tuesday to protest against government labor reforms,
> filling city 
> centers with carnival-like demonstrations that
> brought much of the 
> country to a standstill.

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