Metal Workers to Stage Nationwide Strike on March 28 Over Expired Contract

The Italian metalworking trade union organizations have declared an eight-hour national strike that begins March 28 because their national labor contract expired. The three leading union groups FIM CISL, FIOM CGIL, and UILM UIL validated worker strikes because they regarded November’s discussions with business organizations as disappointing.

The strike will affect around 1.5 million metalworking professionals whose labor contract ended June 30th 2024. The workers’ organizations want to restart negotiations with Assistant and Federmeccanica leaders of the Italian metalworking industry. The union groups push for better treatment of metal industry employees to display the essential role of fair compensation and workplace practices in Italian manufacturing.

Trade unions across all Italian regions conduct their demonstrations in an organized and widespread way at the same time. The general strike shows Italian unions’ power in industry and gives companies an incentive to negotiate better terms of the metalworking contract.

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