Italians know this well: strikes in this country almost always happen on Fridays. The protest and the weekend… But why do the mobilizations, including the strike on November 17th, which provoked a head-on confrontation between the unions and the government, happen so often on Fridays? The rise to the mirrors of the general secretary of Uil Pierpaolo Bombardieri in the interview with Rtl 102.5 is acrobatic: “Cgil and Uil went on a general strike last year and did so on a Thursday (in reality a strike was held in 2022 general in December 16th, Friday… ed.) The choice (Friday, 17th, ed.) of dates is given by the fact that there is a calendar in which the days on which the strike occurs can be inserted because At the beginning of the year, many independent companies carry out strikes all year long and due to the strike reduction law, the dates are often mandatory. This year, in order for the dates not to coincide, as there was a strike already declared on the 27th, we had to do it 10 days earlier, on the 17th”.
In short, mandatory dates, it could not have been done any other way… A reading that is contradicted by the data released by Pagella Politica: in 2023 six general and national strikes were organized, explains the website, four of which were on Friday. fair (April 21, May 26, October 20, November 17). The other two on different days but it could not be otherwise, as they are “blocked” dates: we are talking about the strike on March 8th for Women’s Day and May 1st.
Source: IL Tempo
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