Banks were closed across Italy
on Friday as 90% of unionized employees participated in a strike
for renewal of a national contract, said Lando Sileoni, national
secretary of bank employee's union Fabi.
Bank staff all over the country protested in squares
including the Piazza della Scala in Milan against the Italian
Banking Association's (ABI) decision to rescind a national
collective bargaining contract.
"There will be 7,000 people (in Piazza della Scala), 130
buses are on their way," said Susanna Camusso, leader of the
CGIL union federation and co-organizer of the strike.
"If ABI doesn't change its mind, we'll continue our
protests and strikes," Camusso said.
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