The Magneti Marelli Workers Committee - the "Red Guard" tells its story (Milan, 1975-78) - Emilio Mentasti This remarkable book about one of the high points of workers' struggles in Italy …
Black Friday strikes at Amazon warehouses in Italy and Germany The CGIL, Italy's biggest trade union confederation, Cisl, Uil and Ugl have called for a strike on…
Political turmoil inside CGIL The CGIL is Italy’s largest confederation of trade unions (secretary: Susanna Camusso) and includes as a member FIOM, the metalworkers’…
Italian unions sign up to the repression of trade union rights It should have been just the implementation decree for the 31 May agreement but it has turned into a…
Left wing extremists harass CCU strike leaders A 1976 diplomatic telegram sent abroad by the Italian government informing of dangerous workerist intervention challenging the limits of an…
Confederated unions and industrialists sign anti-strike agreement On June 1st, Italian industrialists and union confederations reached an agreement limiting the right…
May Day protests against union confederations The celebrations of May Day have emphasized the rift between the union confederations and the base unions, with protests, scuffles and clashes…
Hospital workers fight police in Milan Healthcare workers at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan protest after receiving the first 40 letters of redundancy. After a general assembly,…
March of discontent: lessons in work struggles (Italy) Reflections on the escalation of workers' struggles in Italy in the wake of the large logistics…
Lionesses of Cisanello: workers’ victory in times of austerity Cleaners at the Cisanello hospital in Pisa picketed their workplace for over three months, from…
Permanent general workers’ assembly in Ilva after the lockout of their plant The Italian judiciary system is continuing its prosecution of the management of Ilva, the largest…
14N European strike: Bologna Four rallies, involving 10,000 people, crossed Bologna as part of the European general strike on 14 November 2012. The rallies left at 9 a.m…
