General strike cripples Italy [View All]

[Career Prole]

ROME (AFP) - Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in protest against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government.

Office shutters rattled down and industries across the country came to a standstill as noisy and colourful columns of demonstrators filed through the centres of Rome, Turin, Milan and other main cities.

Unions claimed millions of protesters took to the streets as public service workers went on strike for eight hours and other sectors opted for four-hour stoppages.

"Millions of workers are on the streets" around the country the leader of the Catholic CISL union, Savino Pezzotta, told a rally in Venice's St Mark's Square, where around 35,000 demonstrators braved heavy rain and seasonal floodwaters.
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Everyone bitches about the DNC and Kerry...what are we doing?
Say the word, I'll walk out of work right now.
Edited to say:
Who's with me?