Overview

• CGIL said more than 2 million people marched nationwide, including 300,000 in Rome, while the Interior Ministry estimated roughly 400,000 participants.
• The Commissione di Garanzia ruled the stoppage illegitimate because it was called without the required notice under Law 146/1990.
• Palazzo Chigi asked ministries to quantify the economic impact and, with Vice Premier Matteo Salvini’s push, is preparing proposals to raise fines for unlawful strikes.
• Protests disrupted transport across Italy with blockades of roads, rail lines and ports and produced clashes in several cities with reported police injuries.
• Cisl and Uil declined to join the mobilization, underscoring divisions in the labor movement as political leaders traded accusations over the strike’s purpose.