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Unions call one-day strike at Electrolux over job cut plan 2026-09-10 [Reuters]

Unions step up mobilisation to defend jobs and the future of steel 2026-08-05 [IndustriAll Europe]

Luca Visentini's Seven Years at the Helm of Europe's Trade Unions For more info 2026-08-04 [The Labour Pulse]

Former Ilva site: strike in Taranto. Protesters also on the main road 2026-08-03 [Il Sole]

Unions call strike as ruling adds to uncertainty over ex-ILVA steelworks' future 2026-07-29 [ANSA]

New National Agreement between Amazon and transport unions builds on Landmark Organising Success 2026-07-24 [ETF]

Amazon workers in Italy win first national agreement in any country 2026-07-24 [UNI Global Union]

Italian trade union labor dispute over severe heat in Venice museums 2026-07-21 [ArtForum]

Sports journalist killed in Eboli 2026-07-20 [IFJ]

Deadly attack on workers highlights Italy's slave-like farms 2026-07-18 [DW]

Outsourced workers in Italy and Spain strike for AI job protections 2026-07-15 [UNI Global Union]

MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backsliding 2026-07-14 [EFJ]

Sunday Airport Strikes: What Travelers Need to Know 2026-07-04 [The Traveller]

Fashion crisis in Tuscany: Supply chain workers to strike on July 9 in Florence 2026-07-03 [FashionUnited]

KNEECAP bring dockworkers' union rep on stage in Bologna, following strike in support of Palestine 2026-06-19 [Hot Press]

Meloni’s staff to strike over remote work cuts 2026-06-11 [The New Voice]

Labour Decree passes confidence vote: from fair pay to the incentive package, here are the key changes 2026-06-10 [Il Sole]

New Italian union fighting for public service workers 2026-06-09 [EPSU]

Statement on the Killing of Four Agricultural Workers in Amendolara, Italy 2026-06-05 [EFFAT]

Four farm workers killed: IUF demands justice 2026-06-05 [IUF]

Train strike on Thursday 11 June: 3,000 railway workers risk their jobs 2026-06-04 [Il Sole 24 Ore]

Arson attack on journalist’s home after prior threats 2026-06-04 [IFJ]

“We made history” – statement of the Turkish teachers at Liceo Italiano I.M.I. 2026-06-03 [Labour News Network]

Budget sickness, parliamentary committee ready for trade union hearing 2026-05-31 [Il Sole]

Building together: FENEALUIL holds Congress 2026-05-27 [BWI]

European industry at a crossroads: industriAll Europe calls for urgent action at FIOM CGIL assembly in Bari 2026-05-26 [IndustriAll Europe]

Country risks falling behind in the twin transition, new research shows 2026-05-26 [IndustriAll Europe]

Kering's Italian employees are on strike 2026-05-21 [NSS Magazine]

Unions claim '70-100%' success for Kering strike 2026-05-21 [Fashion Network]

Italy hit by mass strike over rearmament and in solidarity with Gaza 2026-05-19 [Middle East Monitor]

USB: on May 18th take to the streets for Palestine, against rearmament and Italian complicity and the EU 2026-05-15 [WFTU]

Historic strike hits Venice Biennale 2026-05-12 [SW]

Waste Collection Disruptions as Ama Workers Strike in Rome 2026-05-11 [Il Messaggero]

Kering: strike called against de Meo plan and McQueen redundancies 2026-05-11 [La Conceria]

AOU Sassari employees protested before the strike: 'The system can't hold up.' 2026-05-07 [L'Unione Sarda]

May Day Worker Solidarity in Trieste 2026-05-04 [LA Progressive]

May Day Worker Solidarity in Trieste 2026-05-02 [Countercurrents]

Protests across Italy for May Day, tensions escalate in Turin - Protesters hit with sticks 2026-05-01 [Gazeta Express]

Bourse workers strike for better terms amid Euronext tensions 2026-04-30 [Global Banking & Finance Review]

24-Hour General Strike on 1 May to Hit Italian Transport and Public Services 2026-04-28 [Visa HQ]

Dichiarazione dei sindacati del Labour 7 al G7: giustizia sociale per affrontare le disuguaglianze globali 2026-04-27 [CGIL]

Forestry workers' union: 'Our firefighting risks are being ignored.' 2026-04-21 [L'Unione Sarda]

Back to Borgomezzanone: EFFAT Leads MEPs to Witness Exploitation in European Agriculture 2026-04-21 [EFFAT]

Acquittal of writer and journalist Roberto Saviano sets landmark ruling for press freedom 2026-04-20 [EFJ]

Neutralised (Right to) Strike: The European Committee of Social Rights on the Right to Strike in Italy 2026-04-15 [Verfassungs]

23,000 Lidl workers in Italy win predictable shifts and guaranteed hours 2026-04-01 [UNI Global Union]

Inside the Voices Festival in Florence: Key moments that sparked conversation 2026-03-20 [EFJ]

Arms factory workers say no to war 2026-03-17 [The New Internationalist]

Mission to Italy: MFRR flags ongoing media freedom erosion 2026-03-12 [EFJ]

BKDP at the UIL Trade Union Forum in Rome 2026-03-11 [salidarnast]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-09-1920 A mass occupation movement started in which almost all the metalworking factories in Italy were occupied by their workers. It was a high point of the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years) of near-revolutionary upheaval. [more]

6-09-2014 Strike by air traffic controllers leads to cancellation of many flights and "major disruption". [more]

15-09-1920 In Lazio, the agricultural day laborers organized by the Ferderterra broaden the occupation of land after obtaining better contracts for the sharecroppers. 36,000 hectares are occupied around Rome. [more]

19-09-1920 An agreement was signed between employers and CGIL granting 4 lire or 10 to 20%, cost of living allowances, improvements in overtime and minimum wages, 6 public holidays and severance pay. [more]

21-09-1920 An extraordinary meeting of the FIOM enters into an agreement with the CGIL. The Communist International appeals to the occupation: the "biennio rosso" is the subject. [more]