Italy: Judges strike in Italy

Record ID: 341919

  • Title: Italy: Judges strike in Italy
  • Date: 6th February 1975
  • Summary: 1. Exterior Palace of Justice Rome 2. Interior entrance hall people taking lifts etc 3. Empty court room 4. Judges robe draped around empty court 5. Charge sheet lying on table in front of judges chair 6. Attendant locking courtroom 7. Sign on courtroom door 'Closed due to strike' 8. Defendants expressing views on strike 9. Lawyers walking through building Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st February 1975 12:00
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  • Location: Palace of Justice Rome
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVABRD5XYLZFU76OUGXR72M7N7DL
  • Story Text: Italian justice virtually ground to a halt today as an estimated 5000 of the country's 7000 judges came out on a forty-eight-hour strike. The judges are demanding pay rises up to party with top civil servants. Left wing judges and those in senior positions did not join the strike but only one court in Rome's vast Palace of Justice was in operation today. Many defendants, unaware of the strike, turned up only to find the courts closed with notices on the door saying, 'Closed due to strike'.
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