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		<title>Italy&#8217;s new productivity deal: a critique</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/11/22/italys-new-productivity-deal-a-critique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday two of Italy&#8217;s three trade union confederations signed a &#8216;productivity&#8217; deal that sees employers gaining greater &#8216;flexibility&#8217; to alter contracts and working conditions, with negotiations over labour contracts dealt with at a local level and not through sector-wide collective labour agreements. The largest union confederation CGIL rejected the deal. In return for this the &#8230; <a href="/2012/11/22/italys-new-productivity-deal-a-critique/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=5516&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Italy: More than 200,000 take to streets in union-led protests against austerity</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/06/16/unions-lead-protests-against-austerity-in-rome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than  two hundred thousand took part in a demonstration in Rome Saturday to defend welfare, and promote growth and fair taxation. Organised by the three main trade union confederations CGIL, CISL e UIL, it brought thousands from the capital and surrounding region who were joined by workers and their families travelling to Rome from &#8230; <a href="/2012/06/16/unions-lead-protests-against-austerity-in-rome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3711&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protests continue against Monti&#8217;s labour reforms</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/26/protests-continue-against-montis-labour-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day goes by without some protest or other against Italian pm Mario Monti&#8217;s regressive labour reforms.  This Thursday morning in Treviglio, northern of Italy, 500 workers blocked traffic on the Brescia-Milan highway for 30 minutes and then marched on the the centre of the town where two banks were attacked with eggs. The demonstration was &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/26/protests-continue-against-montis-labour-reforms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2955&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reforms leaving hundreds of thousands of Italians without pay or pensions spark protest</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/11/reforms-leaving-tens-of-thousands-of-italians-without-pay-or-pensions-spark-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rome saw fresh protests today (Friday 13 April) as unions called a demonstration against recent labour reforms imposed by the Italian government that have left hundreds of thousands of workers without pay or a pension. The reforms imposed a rise in the minimum retirement age that has seen ‘younger’ Italian pensioners without an income. These &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/11/reforms-leaving-tens-of-thousands-of-italians-without-pay-or-pensions-spark-protest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2778&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amended labour reforms head to Italian parliament</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/05/amended-labour-reforms-head-to-italian-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CGIL studies new text as Democrat Party declares it &#8216;an important step forward&#8217; and Communists dismiss reforms as further step towards &#8216;transforming workers into a commodity&#8217; Italian Premier Mario Monti softened his planned labour reform that would have made it easier for employers to lay off workers on Wednesday. Responding to opposition from the center-left &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/05/amended-labour-reforms-head-to-italian-parliament/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2696&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monti&#8217;s labour reforms are a red herring</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/03/20/montis-labour-reforms-are-a-red-herring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian prime minister Mario Monti is reported to be in crunch talks with unions today to see if he can get a deal that will make workers pay for the economic crisis. Monti argues, with little evidence*, that with American style labour markets Italy can resuscitate its zombie economy that has barely growth for in &#8230; <a href="/2012/03/20/montis-labour-reforms-are-a-red-herring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2438&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Italians pay out billions to fight sickness as public health system cuts bite</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/03/17/italian-pay-out-billions-to-fight-sickness-as-public-health-system-cuts-bite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italians are being forced to fork out billions to pay for their healthcare as a result of cuts and new user charges imposed on the country&#8217;s public health service &#8211; and the problem is set to deteriorate further when €4 billion of new charges are introduced. Italians spent €30.6 billion over the period 2007-2010, an &#8230; <a href="/2012/03/17/italian-pay-out-billions-to-fight-sickness-as-public-health-system-cuts-bite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2383&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workers descend on Rome to &#8216;build a future&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/03/03/workers-descend-on-rome-to-build-a-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of construction workers protested Saturday in Rome in a bid to &#8216;build a future&#8217; for themselves. They arrived from around the country in 150 buses, a thousand trains and dozens of ferries from the Italian islands. The rally in the Italian capital today comes as the sector is facing its worse crisis since the Second &#8230; <a href="/2012/03/03/workers-descend-on-rome-to-build-a-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2090&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unusual suspects join Italy&#8217;s public sector strike</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2011/12/19/unusual-suspects-join-italys-public-sector-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Reforms&#8221; to the pension&#8217;s system passed by the Italian parliament last week will &#8221;make doctors work until they are 66 and in some cases beyond, even as night shifts become more and more frequent because of the recruitment freeze in the health service,&#8221; says secretary of the medics section of the CGIL trade union confederation Massimo Cozza, &#8230; <a href="/2011/12/19/unusual-suspects-join-italys-public-sector-strike/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=895&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Italy public sector workers to strike</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2011/12/18/italy-public-sector-workers-to-strike-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITALY &#8211; Monday 19 December public sector workers will strike against cuts to pensions, welfare, for better pay, policies for growth and fairer taxes where the rich pay and evasion is tackled properly. Schools, universities, hospitals, postal services affected. All three main trade union confederations -CGIL, CISL e UIL &#8211; called the strike.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=848&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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