Italian Unions Threaten General Strike Over New Austerity
Submitted on August 14, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - Common Dreams
Italy's second austerity package in less than a month met with a chorus of criticism a day after becoming law, with the largest union federation threatening a general strike over the "injustice" of the measures...CGIL union confederation leader Susanna Camusso [said]...the package "hits only those who already pay their taxes," adding that the date of a general strike would be decided at an emergency union meeting on August 23.
