School and university employees took
to the streets Friday in cities across Italy to demand the
renewal of contracts that have been frozen for years.
Today's education strike of education workers, teachers,
professors, researchers and principals was called by Italy's
'big three' union federations - CGIL, CISL and UIL.
"The Constitutional Court itself has declared the (failure
to renew contracts) illegitimate," the unions said.
In Rome, commuters also grappled with a four-hour transport
strike called by the small Cambia-Menti union, while bus lines
in outlying neighborhoods were disrupted due to a 24-hour strike
called by the UGL union.
A wider transport strike called by all the major unions has
been postponed to May 31.
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