Overview
- About 60,000 employees at private pharmacies are on a 24‑hour walkout on 6 November, called by Filcams CGIL, Fisascat CISL and Uiltucs UIL.
- Negotiations broke down after Federfarma’s offer of €180 gross over three years was rejected as unions pressed for roughly €360 and safeguards tied to the ‘pharmacy of services’.
- Demonstrations and presidi are scheduled across major cities including Rome, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Bologna, Bari and Cagliari.
- Federfarma defends its proposal as sustainable for more than 18,000 affiliated pharmacies and warns that higher demands would strain small and rural outlets.
- Farmacieunite says pharmacies will stay open with owners covering counters where staff strike, and the action follows a GP walkout on 5 November with a broader health mobilisation set for 28 November.