About 200,000 Italian workers employed in all city and inter-city public transport went on a 24-hour nationwide strike on tay 12th. The strikers demanded the renewal and improvement of their collective acreemont, higher wages and the full safeguarding of their trade union rights, Av the same t me, the travelling postmen also held a nationwide strike in protest ajuinst the intensification of their work shifts. One million Italian building workers conducted a 48-hour nationwide strike on May llth, for the renewal and improvemont of their collective agreement and for full employ ent. Mass demonstrations and meetings were held in Rome, Milan, Florence, Bologna, Bari,etc. This was their third nationwide strike in two months, In Rome, over 15,000 farm workers delegated by 1,000,000 labourers from all over the country paraded
through the centre of the city and held a meeting before the Colosseume They demanded full employment and improved social security.
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