Italy: Hundreds of union strikers march against Green Pass implementation for employees

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Hundreds of strikers were seen marching with flags in Rome on Monday to demonstrate against the the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine ‘Green Pass’ becoming mandatory for workers.

Members of various trade union centres, such as the Confederazione dei Comitati di Base (Cobas), carried red flags as they marched through the city centre.

Monday’s protest comes just two days after anti-vaccine protesters attacked the offices of CGIL (General confederation of Italian workers). Thousands of people took to the Italian capital streets on Saturday against the expansion of the Italian COVID-19 health pass. A group of protesters tried to reach the prime minister’s office while another, reportedly led the far-right organisation Forza Nuova, stormed the headquarters of CGIL.

The protesters complained about the dwindling proximity of politics and the CGIL, founded in 1944, to workers and the resulting dwindling turnout in local elections.

“They have not opened an intensive care unit, they haven’t opened a hospital and have closed hundreds of them in recent years, is this just about the vaccine? Only the vaccine?,” asked one protester.

The Green Pass was previously declared mandatory for workers from October 15th as part of further measures against the COVID pandemic. It proved either vaccination, recovery, or a charged negative test. In return, the Green Pass ensures that from Monday onwards relaxations would be possible, such as cinemas, theatres and concert halls once again operating at larger capacity.

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SOT, Protester (Italian): “They have not opened an intensive care unit, they haven’t opened a hospital and have closed hundreds of them in recent years, is this just about the vaccine? Only the vaccine? We condemn violence.”

SOT, Protester (Italian): “And we disengage from politics, because it does not represent us. At the last administrative two people out of three did not go to vote. Not only is politics losing the electorate, but it is also happening to the big confederate unions, because the base is growing and the CGIL is losing. Many are tearing up their registrations. So, condemning that act of violence, if we continue like this, the base will soon surround the CGIL, because it no longer represents us, this is the fact.”

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