Italy

Our Italian affiliates FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL and UIL-Trasporti are organising a cascading series of actions from the south to the north of Italy before coming to Brussels for our massive demo.

ETF affiliates in Belgium, Italy, Spain and UK are flying the flag in support of our Fair Tugging Campaign!

The Eurokai Group is a giant in the port and logistics sectors, active in many European countries. It is important for the workers of huge international companies like this to maintain links and solidarity across borders, and cooperation between their unions is the best way to do it.

On 27 and 28 November, our Italian affiliate FILT CGIL held its National Congress in Milan. Our General Secretary and President both attended the event, which commemorated the memory of Alessandro Rocchi.

Unions are most effective when working together across borders. We brought affiliates together to work on the challenges facing fishers across the Mediterranean.

Italian unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti called a strike on Friday 26 October to fight for social protection and decent working conditions in the railway sector.

Unions representing Ryanair cabin crew have decided to declare strike action in Italy on 25 July and in Belgium, Portugal and Spain on 25 and 26 July. An ITF spokesperson said: “Ryanair cabin crew in

The ITF and ETF are deeply concerned by the refusal of Italy and Malta to meet their legal obligations of allowing the landing of the migrants who had been rescued by the Gibraltar flagged rescue ship