ROME, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of workers across Italy staged a 24-hour national strike on Friday, disrupting public transport, schools and other key services to protest the government's draft budget for 2026.
The strike was called by Italy's largest trade union, the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), in opposition to the 18-billion-euro (21.1 billion U.S. dollars) budget package approved by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet in mid-October.
