Leader of Italy's leading trade union
confederation CGIL Maurizio Landini on Saturday urged Italians
to continue to fight for their rights and for the Constitution
at a demonstration organised by a network of associations,
opposition parties and unions in Piazza San Giovanni in central
Rome.
"We represent the majority of this country. We need to fight,"
Landini said from the stage, addressing the crowd on an
estimated 200,000.
"We will not stop and we will go on until we get results," he
added, renewing calls for the introduction of a minimum hourly
wage.
"5-6 euros per hour are starvation wages, unacceptable," said
Landini, also criticising the government's decision to put on
hold examination by parliament of a joint opposition bill on the
minimum wage in order to give the National Council for Economics
and Labour (CNEL) time to come up with a comprehensive proposal
in time for the 2024 budget.
"Instead of taking the responsibility to convene social partners
and say what it wants to do on contracts, on the law on
representation, on the minimum wage, the government has
subcontracted its role to the CNEL. It is an attack on the free
action of workers," the CGIL leader said.
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