CGIL, UIL call general strike Nov. 29 on budget

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 30 - The leaders of two of Italy's biggest trade union federations, CGIL and UIL, respectively Maurizio Landini and Pierpaolo Bombardieri, announced an eight-hour general strike with local demonstrations on Friday, November 29 at a press conference on Wednesday.
    The two unions have called the strike to ask the government to change the 2025 budget law which they consider "inadequate to solve the country's problems", the leaders said.
    They demand salary and pension hikes and more funding for healthcare, education, public services and industrial policies.
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