Stirpe hails Constitutional Court ruling on Art. 18

(ANSA) - Rome, January 11 - The vice-president of Confindustria employers' association, Maurizio Stirpe, on Wednesday welcomed a Constitutional Court ruling against a petition presented by Italy's biggest trade-union confederation CGIL to abolish changes to Article 18 of the Workers' Statute.
    He also called for mediation ahead of two labor-market referendums on vouchers for occasional work and contract responsibilities after the Constitutional Court approved them, saying there was space "to go in this direction".