Firefighters organised by the CGIL, CSIL and UIL public service federations were involved in a national four-hour stoppage on Tuesday 20 July. The unions organised the protest in response to government plans for budget cuts and demands to conclude a new collective agreement, as the previous one expired two and a half years ago.
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