- Title: ITALY: SCUFFLES WITH POLICE IN ROME AS STRIKES SWEEP THE NATION.
- Date: 14th November 1968
- Summary: RALLY BY STRIKERS; UNION LEADER SIGNOR NOVELLA SPEAKING; CROWD WITH PLACARDS; STRIKERS MARCHING; POLICE; STRIKERS AND POLICE SCUFFLE. Initials RM/VS/BHH/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 29th November 1968 13:00
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- Location: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Reuters ID: LVA9ZARSK4QJR94LQ8S5WGGRXW1F
- Story Text: STRIKERS AND STUDENTS SCUFFLED WITH POLICE IN ROME TODAY (THURSDAY) AS INDUSTRIES ACROSS ITALY GROUND TO A HALT IN A WAVE OF 24-HOUR STOPPAGES. THE STRIKES, FOR HIGHER STATE PENSIONS, WERE MAINLY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND HIT THE FACTORIES HARDEST.
THE STRIKES, CALLED BY THE THREE MAJOR TRADE UNION FEDERATIONS IN ITALY, USHER IN ONE OF THE WORST PERIODS OF LABOUR UNREST IN ITALY FOR 20 YEARS. THEY COME IN THE MIDST OF A POLITICAL CRISIS AND FOLLOW DISASTROUS FLOODS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ITALY WHICH HAVE ALREADY CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMY.
IN ROME, SCUFFLES BROKE OUT WHEN A GROUP OF STUDENTS ATTENDING A MEETING OF ABOUT 4,000 STRIKERS CALLED FOR A MARCH THROUGH THE CITY. CLASHES BROKE OUT WHEN POLICE TRIED TO STOP THE MARCH AND FIVE DEMONSTRATORS WERE ARRESTED AND ONE POLICEMAN INJURED.
THE STRIKERS WANT THE STATE PENSION INCREASED FROM THE PRESENT 18,000 LIRE (GBP12 STERLING) A MONTH TO AT LEAST 25,000 LIRE (GBP17 STERLING) A MONTH. THE ISSUE DIRECTLY AFFECTS ABOUT 20,000,000 WORKERS AND 8,000,000 RETIRED PEOPLE.
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