Port workers in Italy set for strike action over retroactive pay freeze

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Port authority employees in Italy are taking strike action next week in a dispute over a government pay freeze that is being backdated.

The workers, represented by the Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Trasporti FILT-CGIL, Federazione Italiana Trasporti-CISL and Unione Italiana dei Lavoratori dei Trasporti (UILTRASPORTI), have called for a strike of port authority employees on 5 December 2012. They are demanding that the government reverse its decision to freeze workers’ pay as part of austerity measures. The move not only contravenes the ...