Italy's Renzi, unions clash over cuts, labour reforms


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 Sep 2014

ROME (Reuters) - Italian public sector workers on Friday announced plans for a one-day demonstration on Nov. 8 against spending cuts and a public administration overhaul as verbal sparring increased between the unions and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

The country's three main union confederations, the CGIL, CISL and UIL said they would be protesting against "five years of forced cuts and pay freezes and more than 10 of hiring freezes".

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