ROME (Reuters) - Civil servants, hospital staff and transport workers went on strike on Friday in protest against Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government, causing disruptions in Rome and across the country.
The strikes, organised by the far left Cobas union, are the first in two days of planned protests and could test the unity of Letta's uneasy left-right coalition just weeks after he survived a confidence vote in parliament.
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