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The WFTU expresses solidarity with the general strike in Italy, December 13th 2024-12-11 [WFTU]

Death toll rises to five in central Italy fuel depot explosion 2024-12-11 [The Statesman]

EPSU shares solidarity as French and Italian workers mobilise 2024-12-02 [EPSU]

Striking Italian workers march for better pay, services 2024-11-30 [The Times]

CGIL and UIL call a general strike on 29 November 2024 2024-11-23 [CGIL]

48-hour strike announced by Italian freight unions for December 2024-11-22 [Trans.Info]

Teachers strike for fair pay and job security amid austerity 2024-11-01 [Education International]

WFTU solidarity statement with the general strike in Italy 31 October 2024 2024-10-28 [WFTU]

Insorgiamo – We rise up - Report from the Workers Assembly in Florence 2024-10-22 [Greener Jobs Alliance]

Towards a fairer future : Italian automotive demonstration 2024-10-22 [IndustriAll Europe]

Landini says 'general strike possible' 2024-10-20 [ANSA]

Autoworkers go on strike as troubled Stellantis faces pressure over production plans 2024-10-19 [CBC]

Stellantis workers march in Italy over production slump 2024-10-18 [The Journal]

Autoworkers go on strike, as troubled Stellantis faces pressure over production plans 2024-10-18 [CITY]

Car workers go on national strike for first time for 20 years 2024-10-18 [The Whitehaven News]

Transport and logistics workers on 24-hour strike from 18 October 2024-10-17 [Trans Info]

Workers across city walk out after leather workers protesting for better conditions attacked 2024-10-10 [Fashion]

European Commission brings Italy to the EU Court 2024-10-05 [CESI]

Gladiator rebellions and bread strikes: ancient Rome’s labor unions revealed 2024-09-02 [The Guardian]

‘Working here is hell’: latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy 2024-08-28 [Guardian]

Neofascist attack on journalist Andrea Joly must be punished 2024-08-28 [EFJ]

Video game workers win in Italy: Keywords Studios cancels layoffs following strikes 2024-08-09 [UNI Global Union]

Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from 'slavery' 2024-08-02 [Reuters]

Italy: Arrests made after 33 Indian farmworkers worked seven days a week for up to 12 hours a day in conditions compared to 'slavery' 2024-08-02 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

MFRR calls for constructive dialogue on media freedom recommendations 2024-08-02 [EFJ]

video game workers fight back against layoffs 2024-07-30 [UNI Global Union]

Mission Report: Silencing the Fourth Estate: Italy’s Democratic Drift 2024-07-29 [EFJ]

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]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-01-1948 The new Constitution of the Republic affirms that "Italy is a democratic republic, founded on work". [more]

3-01-1894 The government declared a state of siege and sent 40,000 troops to Sicily to crush a powerful movement of agricultural workers who were fighting for better wages & land redistribution, killing dozens and jailing 1000. [more]

30-01-1893 Pietro Tresso, one of the founders of Italian Trotskyism, born. Later executed by Stalinists in the French Resistance [more]