Labour Minister Andrea Orlando said
Tuesday he was "surprised" that two of Italy's three big
trade-union confederations, CGIL and UIL, announced they would
stage a general strike on December 16 in protest at the
government's budget bill.
CGIL and UIL said the package was "unsatisfactory" when it came
to tax cuts, pension reforms, industrial policy, preventing
multinational transferring production outside Italy and tackling
the "precarious" position many people experience on the labour
market, especially the young and women.
The third big confederation, the CISL, said it would not take
part in the protest, saying it opposed initiatives that could
heighten social tensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Orlando said Tuesday that the budget "reinforce guarantees for
workers".
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