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Unions push for human rights in future World Cup hosting decisions 2024-07-17 [BWI]

At Italy's invisible harvest helpers 2024-07-14 [ASB Zeitung]

Italian tax police free 33 Indian workers from ‘slave-like’ conditions on farms 2024-07-14 [AP]

In Italy, a post-industrialised Neapolitan district struggles to reclaim a healthy sea 2024-07-08 [Equal Times]

Satnam Singh’s Death is a desperate plea to End Exploitation and Violence in European Agriculture 2024-07-05 [EFFAT]

ETF Statement on the EU Commission’s Approval of Lufthansa’s Stake in ITA Airways 2024-07-04 [ETF]

Italy: USB at the demonstration in Latina after the murder of Satnam Singh, a brutal event that foloowed horrible inhuman behaviour that should be unthinkable for anyone 2024-06-26 [WFTU]

Bank workers launch first-ever strike at Italian stock exchange 2024-06-30 [UNI]

Open letter from the MFRR to the President of the European Parliament and the President of the European Commission 2024-06-26 [EFJ]

GKN Florence: crunch time for the most important dispute in Europe 2024-06-22 [UWU]

Indian farm worker in Italy ‘left to die on road’ with severed arm 2024-06-21 [The Guardian]

Trade unionist calls for crackdown on ‘barbaric exploitation’ after death of Indian farm worker Satnam Singh 2024-06-20 [The Guardian]

Milan stock exchange workers set to strike over Euronext’s ‘divestments’ 2024-06-18 [The Financial Times]

Trade unions call first strike at Milan bourse on June 27 2024-06-17 [Reuters]

Wizz Air Pilots And Flight Attendants Plan A 4-Hour Strike 2024-05-25 [Simple Flying]

IFJ signs call to protect media freedom 2024-05-24 [IFJ]

MFRR sounds the alarm on political meddling and legal threats to journalism 2024-05-22 [EFJ]

2023 Membership Report: CGIL is the largest trade union centre in Italy 2024-05-21 [CGIL]

Union win for Enel workers 2024-05-13 [IndustriALL]

CGIL launches referendum campaign to repeal 4 legal provisions on labour 2024-05-12 [CGIL]

Mock coffins fill a square in Milan in a protest over workplace safety in Italy 2024-05-10 [CITY]

MFRR to conduct a mission to Italy amid worsening state of media freedom in the country 2024-05-10 [EFJ]

European solidarity with journalists on strike at RAI 2024-05-06 [EFJ]

EFJ supports Domani journalists facing up to 9 years in prison 2024-04-23 [EFJ]

Meloni ‘turning Italian broadcaster into megaphone for far right’ 2024-04-18 [The Guardian]

Public service RAI becomes a “megaphone” of the government 2024-04-15 [EFJ]

Solidarity message to the striking workers at Stellantis/Turin 2024-04-15 [Industriall Europe]

Strike, Sbarra (CISL): “False words from Landini, this divides the workers” 2024-04-14 [Breaking News]

Public service RAI becomes a “megaphone” of the government 2024-04-13 [IFJ]

Dockers on Strike: for CBA, fair wages, and rights 2024-04-08 [ETF]

Solidarity with striking journalists at Giornale Radio Rai 2024-03-27 [IFJ]

Solidarity with striking journalists at Giornale Radio Rai 2024-03-25 [EFJ]

On Tuscany’s Farms, Women Migrant Laborers Face Exploitation 2024-03-20 [New Lines]

The GKN workers’ fight continues 2024-03-18 [red pepper]

Strike 8 March: schools, healthcare and transport at risk. Trenitalia warns: “Possible cancellations and delays” 2024-03-07 [First]

International Women's Day Demonstrations and Strikes: Impact on Rome's Traffic 2024-03-07 [Il Messaggero]

Nationwide General Strike on March 8: Impact on Public and Private Sectors 2024-03-07 [Il Messaggero]

MFRR partners strongly condemn investigation into Domani journalists 2024-03-07 [EFJ]

National Strike targets ENEL energy company in Italy on 8 March 2024-03-07 [PSI]

Country has three million undeclared workers - union chief 2024-03-05 [ANSA]

Landmark agreement elevates wages and benefits of 100,000 private security workers 2024-02-27 [UNI Global Union]

International support to Italian ENEL workers For more info 2024-02-26 [EPSU]

Amazon Fresh workers in Italy demand better working conditions amid labour unrest 2024-02-26 [UNI Global Union]

Unions call general strike in Tuscany on Florence collapse 2024-02-16 [ANSA]

opera workers secure first collective agreement in 20 years 2024-01-23 [UNI Global Union]

In Italy’s Main Shipyard, Anti-Islam Policy Divides Workers 2024-01-17 [Jacobin]

Passengers In Italy Face Disruptions As Airport Staff Strike On Monday 2024-01-08 [Simple Flying]

Italy’s first strike for 2024 to affect country’s main airports 2024-01-04 [TheMayor]

New amendment aims to prohibit publication of pre-trial detention orders 2023-12-27 [EFJ]

Italian retail and tourism unions to strike before Christmas 2023-12-22 [UNI Global Union]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

6-07-1919 In Palermo, 2,000 shipyard workers on strike for a rise in wages block trams and factories. 5,000 join them in demanding a 50% reduction in prices and castigating the bosses who were “starving the people”. [more]

6-07-1919 In Arrezzo, the town hall is occupied by demonstrators against the high cost of living. Trucks are requisitioned to take the goods confiscated from traders, to the Labour Exchange, for distribution to workers' families. [more]

7-07-1919 Steelworkers and dockers strike against the high cost of living in Naples. Clashes with police leave 20 injured. Soldiers kill 5 workers in Imola, 4 in Taranto, 8 in Lucera and 2 in Florence. [more]

11-07-1919 At La Spezia workers, without waiting for directives from their unions, leave work. A crowd of 10,000 workers gathers in front of the Town Hall. Soldiers open fire, killing 2 workers and injuring 25. [more]

17-07-1921 Maritime, coal and cement workers in Civitavecchia set up a local battalion of the militant anti-fascist group the Arditi del Popolo. Maritime and keep fascists at bay for several months. [more]

20-07-1919 National general strike against the intervention of the armies of the imperialist countries to crush Soviet Russia and Hungary. [more]