Overview

• Approximately 10,000 metalworkers from across the region joined a national strike on June 20, deviating from an agreed route to occupy the ring road for about an hour.
• Bologna police announced plans to prosecute participants under the contested Security Decree for obstructing the highway.
• The demonstration was triggered by negotiations for a national metalworkers contract that have been deadlocked for over a year.
• Labour union leaders, including Fiom Emilia-Romagna and Fim Cisl, expressed solidarity with the protesters and defended the right to strike.
• Opposition figures, such as Member of Parliament Angelo Bonelli, criticized the decree as a tool to criminalize dissent rather than protect public safety.