Premier Paolo Gentiloni's
government on Tuesday set May 28 as the date for referendums on
whether to abolish certain responsibility limitations for public
contracts and scrap controversial work vouchers intended to be
used to pay for occasional work.
Unions say the vouchers are being widely abused to pay for
long-term and sometimes steady jobs instead of the occasional
work they were meant to pay for.
Susanna Camusso, the head of Italy's largest trade-union
confederation CGIL, renewed her appeal for upcoming local
elections in some Italian towns and cities to be held on the
same day as the referendums.
"It would be possible to hold the local elections at the same
time as the referendum and not because we are worried about
reaching the quorum," said Camusso, whose union collected the
signatures for the referendum.
"There aren't that many councils voting so it would be good
for public finances".
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