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Italy: Construction workers strike for new agreement

On 24 April 2008, trade unions in the construction industry organised an eight-hour strike to support their demands in negotiations over a new sectoral collective agreement.

Unions claimed that the strike was a success, with 70% of building workers participating, and as many as 85% in major industrial areas of northern and central Italy.