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Posted on Jun 25, 2010
AP / Gregorio Borgia

A demonstrator for the CGIL labor union federation blows a vuvuzela in Rome on Friday during a protest against the government’s austerity measures.

Italy’s largest union has launched a nationwide strike, upending public transport and government services in protest over the government’s recent austerity measures.

The union, CGIL, is a 6-million-member-strong organization that is putting pressure on the government to revise the $30 billion list of cuts to the government budget for 2011 and 2012.

Al-Jazeera English:

Italy’s largest union has staged a nationwide strike, disrupting public transport and government services in a protest over the government’s austerity measures.

Protesters also took to the streets on Friday in Rome, the capital, and other major Italian cities including Naples and Milan.

The six-million-member strong CGIL union, which called the action, is hoping to put pressure on the government to rewrite a $30bn package of cuts for 2011 and 2012.

“No one denies that we need to make cuts, but they must be cuts which are fair and look to the future, rather than just slashing spending,” Susanna Camusso, deputy leader of the CGIL said.

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By mrfreeze, June 26, 2010 at 2:50 pm Link to this comment

As someone who has a lot of family in Italy and spends time there, it’s amazing to watch those “socialists” (commies/fascists?) get off their asses and protest something they feel is unfair whilst we Americans pine away for a “revolution.” The fact is we are WAY TOO fat, lazy and complacent (aren’t we the greatest country in the world????) to stick our collective finger in the eye of our corporate masters.

Of course there are those of you who would complain that “organized labour” is evil because you’ve been brainwashed into believing that people should work for free (American Capitalism). Well too f***ing bad. It warms my heart to watch people in the streets protesting something worth fighting for.

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By Peetawonkus, June 25, 2010 at 4:07 pm Link to this comment

If only those in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave had the intelligence, political will and courage to do this, too.

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