(ANSA) - Rome, October 30 - The FIOM metalworkers union on Thursday called an eight-hour general strike for November, with major events planned for Milan on November 14 and Naples on November 21. The union was outraged after protesting AST steelworkers from Terni were hospitalized Wednesday following a clash with police.
Meanwhile, the CGIL national trade union federation said that it will meet on November 12 to consider what further action it might take to protest changes to Italian labour law in the Jobs Act now working its way through parliament.
Both FIOM and CGIL are opposed to the labour reforms contained in the Jobs Act, a key piece of legislation for the government of Premier Matteo Renzi.