[fse-esf] Italy strike

[Elettra Anghelinas]

ONE AND HALF MILLION ON STRIKE , 300,000 IN THE STREETS


At least one and a half million workers on strike and more than 300,000 
in the streets in 27 Italian cities ( with important demonstrations in 
Rome, Milano, Napoli and Torino) together with students ,young casual 
workers, migrants and social centers: this is the result, exceeding our 
expectations, of the strike organized by COBAS, Cub/rdb and other trade 
unions alternative to CGIL/CISL /UIL.

After the grand success of the demonstration against casualization on 
November 4^th and the contestation against the finance act and the 
economic and social policies of Prodi's Government and his ministers 
Padoa Schioppa and Damiano ( ministers of economics /work and social 
policies) today we had another illustration of the widespread opposition 
of workers and of various sectors of the population against;

the Finance Act that rewards only the employers of the Italian 
Confederation of Industries and war missions ;a social and economic 
policy that continues down the same road as taken by Berlusconi's 
government.

At today's strike many workers from CGIL-CISL-UIL partecipated against 
the wishes of their Trade Unions, which behave as though they were a 
political party of this government.

The workers demonstrated against the Finance Act* *which

cuts public services ( first of all education and health);

reduces funding to municipalities;

impedes the renewal of contracts of public workers in biannual 2006/07;

stabilizes the position of only 8,000 casual workers out of a total of 
350,000 in public administration;

increases military spending (that for the first time is equal to social 
expenditure) and spending for war missions;

finances private education.

Today in the streets, banners, slogans and speeches were calling for the 
end of* *liberistic policies*, *for the abrogation of ;

the laws in favour of casual employment;

Moratti legislation in education ;

the law ( Bossi- Fini) against immigration and for the closure of 
centers of permanent detention;

for the stabilization of externalised and casual workers;

for the garantee of work and the regularity of wages;

for the automatic regulation of purchasing power;

for the defence of the pensions;

for cuttig military spending and reallocating funds into social spending;

for the withdrawal of troops from war fronts;

for the end of CGIL/CISL/UIL monopoly on union rights and for the 
restitution of the right to have assembly in work places for all workers.

Particularly relevant was the presence of school which for the first 
time was completely on strike ( approximately 50% of the schools 
remained closed), from pre -primary to university

for the abrogation of Moratti legislation;

against cuts prevised in the Finance act;

for strong investments in education;

for hiring of all casual workers;

for the immediate renewal of contracts toward European salaries;

and to an end to the financing of private schools

We don't have "government friends", was repeated in 27 places; and the 
opposition will become stronger to coincide with the opening of the 
"negotiation table" between the goverment and CGIL/CISL/UIL on pentions, 
contracts and casualization, despite a drastic change of course of 
Prodi's goverment.

*Piero Bernocchi*

*Confederazione COBAS*


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