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Migrant farmworkers strike and march for rights in Foggia
đź“… 21 May 2020Agricultural workers in the Foggia countryside stopped work and marched against a regularization plan they said left many undocumented farmworkers excluded. USB and braccianti demanded residence...
Non Una di Meno links feminist strike to antiwar and labor demands
📅 8 March 2022The transfeminist network and rank-and-file unions called a nationwide strike and demonstrations. Actions opposed gendered violence, precarious employment and the exploitation of women’s labor,...
Workers and social movements march in Rome to lower arms and raise wages
📅 3 December 2022USB and grassroots unions led a national march against the government’s budget, rising living costs and arms transfers. Farmworkers, factory workers, students, precarious workers and port workers...
USB May Day rallies link wages, workplace deaths and migration policy
📅 1 May 2023The grassroots union USB organized rallies and public actions in many Italian cities. Its platform called for higher wages, action against workplace deaths, opposition to the government’s...
USB general strike links wages to migrant agricultural workers’ conditions
đź“… 26 May 2023USB called a national general strike and organized demonstrations in multiple cities. Its demands included wage increases, workplace safety and opposition to military spending. In Torretta Antonacci...
Rome demonstration says “lower weapons, raise wages”
📅 24 June 2023USB and more than 100 committees, associations and organizations marched in Rome against government economic and foreign policy. The coalition tied wages, housing, public health and migrant workers’...
Non Una di Meno strikes against patriarchy, war and precarious work
đź“… 8 March 2025Non Una di Meno called a transfeminist strike and demonstrations in more than 60 Italian cities. Organizers connected gender violence to precarious and unpaid care work, including low-paid care...
Liberation Day mobilizations connect anti-fascism with Palestine solidarity
📅 25 April 2025Across Italy, groups marked the 80th anniversary of liberation from fascism with calls against war and the destruction in Gaza. USB and allied movements argued that the Resistance’s legacy required...
General strike and port blockades express solidarity with Gaza
đź“… 22 September 2025Grassroots unions called a 24-hour strike that drew workers, students and other supporters into demonstrations across Italy. Dockworkers blocked port access in Genoa and Livorno, saying they opposed...
Genoa dockworkers and residents march in solidarity with Gaza flotilla
đź“… 27 September 2025Thousands joined a march organized by port workers and Music for Peace in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Dockworkers moved to block a ship operated by Israeli shipping company Zim from...
Students occupy campuses after Global Sumud Flotilla is intercepted
📅 2 October 2025After Israeli forces began intercepting boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla, protests spread across Italian cities. Students continued sit-ins and occupations at Milan’s Statale, Rome’s Sapienza and...
General strike follows interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla
đź“… 3 October 2025CGIL and other unions called a national strike after Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla. Protests and work stoppages disrupted transport, schools and other services....
Base unions strike against the “war budget”
📅 28 November 2025USB, CUB and allied unions called a general strike against the government’s budget, arguing that it prioritized military spending over wages, pensions and public services. Demonstrations took place in...
National Palestine solidarity march follows the general strike
📅 29 November 2025On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, unions and social movements held a national demonstration in Rome after the previous day’s strike. Organizers connected opposition...
Transfeminist general strike extends March 8 mobilization
đź“… 9 March 2026Non Una di Meno and allied unions held a general transfeminist strike following March 8 demonstrations. Organizers called attention to gendered and economic violence, the effects of war-driven...
Liberation Day marches carry anti-imperialist and internationalist demands
đź“… 25 April 2026Thousands marked Liberation Day with flags and messages of solidarity with Palestine and Cuba, linking the anti-fascist Resistance to current struggles against imperialism, militarization and...
May Day demonstrations foreground dignified work and safety
📅 1 May 2026Trade unions and grassroots groups marked International Workers’ Day with demonstrations across Italy. In Marghera, CGIL, CISL and UIL centered dignified work, while other actions raised wages,...
Workers strike for Palestine and against rearmament
đź“… 18 May 2026Workers in two dozen cities joined a general strike called by USB in solidarity with Palestine and against arms policy. Demonstrations demanded severing institutional ties with Israel and protecting...
Rome march links the war economy to living costs and workers’ needs
đź“… 23 May 2026At least 15,000 people demonstrated in Rome against war and the war economy. Workers and grassroots unions called for an industrial strategy centered on wages and dignity and expressed solidarity with...