Educators strike across Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, May 20 - 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.