Overview
- The union formally scheduled a nationwide stoppage for December 12 after failing to win changes to the government’s budget plan.
- Landini calls for mass mobilization and proposes a solidarity levy on roughly 500,000 of the wealthiest people while shifting the tax burden away from wages and pensions toward financial and property income.
- Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti defends the manovra and the Irpef changes, saying the government was politically “massacrato” yet will not retreat.
- Cisl sets a separate rally in Rome for December 13 and Uil is preparing its own Saturday demonstration, underscoring divided union strategies.
- Questions over the strike’s reach persist after a September action was reported at 5.9% participation, even as League leaders signal possible amendments on pensions and tax collection procedures.