Both the right to strike and the
limitations of this right must be defended and this is only
possible through dialogue, the President of the Italian Bishops'
Conference (CEI)Cardinal Matteo Zuppi said on Thursday,
referring to the injunction issued by Deputy Premier and
Transport Minister Matteo Salvini limiting to four hours the
one-day general strike on Friday affecting the transport sector
in particular.
"There is a right that has to be defended, but there is also a
limitation of the right that has to be defended, I do not want
to shift blame..." Zuppi told reporters after the CEI general
assembly in Assisi.
"Perhaps we need more encounter, more dialogue," he continued.
"Even in political conflict there needs to be a dialectic about
the present challenges. I have the impression that we are some
way off on this. Rights must be defended, rules must always be
respected," he concluded.
Unions reacted angrily to the injunction, which was issued on
Wednesday after they refused to back down following a ruling by
the country's strike watchdog that the stoppage did not meet the
requirements for a general strike and should be rescheduled.
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