(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 28 - Italy's big three unions CIGl, CISL
and UIl confirmed their opposition to Italy's 2024 budget and
said they would continue strike action after talks on the
package with the government Tuesday.
"It confirms all the reasons for (last week's) strike because
beyond listening, at the moment the government has changed
nothing about the budget," said the general secretary of the
CGIL, Maurizio Landini, at the end of the meeting at Premier
Giorgia Meloni's office at Palazzo Chigi in Rome.
Landini said that on a controversial cut to doctors' pensions,
in article 33 of the package, "they merely said that they are
thinking (about rescinding it), it continues to be a wrong
budget".
UIL secretary general Pierpaolo Bombardieri said "the government
has confirmed the approach of the budget. Article 33, the one on
pension rates, is confirmed: only on this they are evaluating
possible changes".
He went on: "Once again the insensitivity to the many requests
that come from the (recent) demos is confirmed.
"To the question of whether it is true or false that they are
making cash on pensions, they did not answer, as we expected."
The government has said it will revise the cut to doctors'
pensions.
CISL chief Luigi Sbarra was more emollient after the talks
saying "it was a very important meeting both in method and in
merit" and calling it a "sign of respect after the
demonstrations".
He confirmed that the unions had asked the government to
withdraw article 33 and said they had pledged to make "changes
and improvements to the norm". (ANSA).
Unions confirm opposition to budget after govt talks (4)
Nothing changed says Landini, deaf to demos says Bombardieri
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