Maneuver: grassroots trade unionism in the square on ‘No Draghi Day’

(ANSA) – MILAN, 01 DEC – Against the government’s economic maneuver, grassroots trade unionism takes to the streets, next Saturday throughout Italy on ‘No Draghi Day’: Cub, Usb, Cobas, among others, take part in the initiative. Uses and other acronyms.

Parades have been announced, starting from the 15th, in the main cities including Milan, Turin, Genoa, Florence, Rome, Naples, Catania and Palermo.

“With this event the period of social harmony of the country ends – underlines Walter Montagnoli, national secretary of the CUB -. The reduction of taxes must be concentrated in the lower income brackets but strong wage increases, policies for maintenance and increase in employment and for workers’ rights with the total reinstatement of article 18 and the blocking of layoffs, the abolition of health tickets, and adequate investments in health, education and transport “.

The Budget Law 2022 “unmasked – it is denounced by the grassroots unions – the policy of Draghi, which allocates money and reliefs to bosses and industrialists and little or nothing for workers: pensions, health care, school, precarious work, housing remain problems completely unsolved “.

On pensions, the choices are “totally negative because the 100 quota is abolished and the retirement age is increased, both with the 102 quota and with the woman option” and “it is not true that we think of young people as the contribution system will give them starvation pensions and no one says that even in 2022 the calculation coefficients will decrease “. Among other things, it is asked to raise the wage coverage of the redundancy fund to 80%.

The concentrations are in Milan in Palazzo Lombardia, in Rome in Piazza della Repubblica, in Turin in Piazza Solferino, in Palermo in Piazza Massimo, in Catania in Piazza Cavour, in Naples in Piazza del Gesù. (ANSA).

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